Deusdedit of Canterbury
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| Saint Deusdedit of Canterbury | |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Enthroned | {{{began}}} |
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| Ended | July 14, 664 |
| Predecessor | Saint Honorius |
| Successor | Wighard |
| Consecration | 655 |
| Birth name | Frithona |
| Born | unknown England |
| Died | July 14, 664 |
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| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion |
| Commemorated | 14 July |
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Saint Deusdedit (d. July 14, 664) was the sixth (and first Saxon) Archbishop of Canterbury.
[edit] Life
A late post-Conquest tradition says he was originally known as Frithona, possibly a corruption of Frithuwine.[1] He was consecrated by Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester, on 26 March 655 AD.[2] He was the first native born archbishop, as he was a West Saxon.[3][1] He probably owed his appointment to the see of Canterbury to a collaboration between Eorcenberht of Kent and Cenwalh of Wessex.[1] The name Deusdedit means "dedicated to God."[4] or, more literally, "God has given".
The see of Canterbury seems, at this time, to have been passing through a period of comparative obscurity;[5] for during the nine years of the pontificate of Deusdedit, all the new English Bishops, with one exception, were consecrated by Celtic or foreign Bishops. Deusdedit, however, did found a nunnery in the Isle of Thanet and had some share in the foundation of Medeshamstede Abbey, later Peterborough Cathedral, in 657.[6] Deusdedit was long overshadowed by Agilbert, who was bishop to the West Saxons.[7]
The Synod of Whitby which debated whether the Northumbrian Church should follow the Roman or the Celtic Church, was held in 664.[8] Due to his affliction with the plague, Deusdedit does not appear to have been present for the victorious Romanist party and his death took place only a few months later.[9] He was regarded as a saint after his death, and his feast day is July 14.[10] He was buried in the church of St. Augustine's in Canterbury, but was translated to the new abbey church in 1091.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Brooks, Nicholas (1984). The Early History of the Church of Canterbury: Christ Church from 597 to 1066. London: Leicester University Press, p. 67-69. ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 213. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Hindley, Geoffrey A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5 p. 45
- ^ Ashely, Mike The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens New York: Carroll & Graff 1998 ISBN 0-7967-0692-9 p. 218-219
- ^ a b Thacker, Alan "Deusdedit (d. 664)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online edition accessed November 7, 2007
- ^ Hindley, Geoffrey A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5
- ^ Stenton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5 p. 122
- ^ Hindley, Geoffrey A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5 p. 79-81
- ^ Stenton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5 p. 129
- ^ Delaney, John J. Dictionary of Saints Second Edition Doubleday: New York 2003 ISBN 0-385-13594-7 p. 177
[edit] External links
- Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England Entry for Deusdedit of Canterbury
- Catholic Encyclopedia: St Deusdedit
- Patron Saints Index: Deusdedit
- Catholic Online Saints and Angels Deusdedit
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| Preceded by Saint Honorius |
Archbishop of Canterbury 655–664 |
Succeeded by Wighard |
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| NAME | Deusdedit |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deusdedit of Canterbury |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Canterbury |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 664 |
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