24 August 764 A.D. Bregwin Dies—12th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury

24 August 764 A.D. Bregwin Dies—12^th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury

Bevans,  G. M. “St. Bregwin (Died AD 764).”  Brittania.com.  N.d.  http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/bregwin.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. Bregwin
(Died AD 764)
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 24th August AD 764

Bregwin was a Continental Saxon by birth. The fame of the schools with which the labours of Theodore and Hadrian had enriched England drew Bregwin from his native land. In England, his learning and holiness won for him high esteem and, in AD 759, he was called to occupy the chair of Augustine. He received the pallium from Pope Paul I, two years later.

Bregwin was a correspondent of St. Lull, Archbishop of Mainz, with whom he became friends while on a visit to Rome. He apparently held a church synod during his archiepiscopate, but little else is known of him. He died in AD 764.