26
October 760 A.D. Cuthbert
of Canterbury Passes—11th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury
Bevans, G. M. “St. Cuthbert of Canterbury (Died AD
760.).” Brittania.com. N.d. http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/cuthbert.html.
Accessed 7 May 2014.
Bevans,
Portraits of the Archbishops of
Canterbury. Toronto, ONT: University
of Toronto Libraries, 2011. Available here: http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Archbishops-Canterbury-Gladys-Bevan/dp/B005HI57FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399493248&sr=8-1&keywords=bevans+portraits+of+archbishops+of+canterbury
St.
Cuthbert of Canterbury
(Died AD 760)
Bishop of Hereford
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 26th October AD 760
(Died AD 760)
Bishop of Hereford
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 26th October AD 760
Cuthbert, Abbot of Liminge, became Bishop of Hereford and was
translated to Canterbury in AD 741. He took part in the Synod of Clofesho
(possibly Brixworth in Northamptonshire), at which several canons were drawn up
enjoining the due observance of Sunday and admonishing the clergy to be
diligent in baptising and instructing their flocks, and in celebrating the
sacred offices.
Cuthbert obtained Papal permission for the, previously forbidden,
practice of interring the dead within the walls of cities; and was thus the
first Archbishop of Canterbury to be buried in his own Cathedral. For this
pupose, he added, to Canterbury Cathedral, the Chapel of St. John the Baptist,
which he desired should be the place of burial for not only himself but also
for his successors. He died in AD 758 and his wishes were carried out to the
letter. There seems to be some confusion as to whether he should be reverred as
a saint.
Edited from G.M. Bevan's "Portraits of the Archbishops of
Canterbury" (1908).
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