12
June 1020 A.D. Lyfing
Dies—Bishop of Wells and 30th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury
Bevans, G. M. “Lyfing (Died 1020).” Brittania.com. N.d. http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/lyfing.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
Lyfing
(Died 1020)
Bishop of Wells
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 12th June 1020
(Died 1020)
Bishop of Wells
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 12th June 1020
Originally named Aelfstan, Lyfing took his
ecclesiastical name the word Leof-carus, meaning 'darling'. He was
consecrated Bishop of Wells in AD 999 and was appointed, by Aethelred the
Unready, to the See of Canterbury in 1013: a year marked by a fresh invasion of
the Vikings, who devastated the country far and wide. Lyfing was captured and
long detained by the Danish army of King Sweyn Forkbeard. He, at last, withdrew
from England but returned with King Aethelred upon Sweyn's death.
Lyfing took part in framing the ecclesiastical
laws which were enacted in the Witenagemot held in 1014. In 1016, he crowned
King Edmund Ironside and, in 1017, Canute the Dane. He began the restoration of
Canterbury Cathedral, which had been partially destroyed by the Vikings. His
death occurred in 1020.
Edited from G.M. Bevan's
"Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury" (1908).
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