AETHELNOTH

'Aethelnoth' (known also as 'Egelnodus' or 'Ednodus') (died October 29, 1038) was an Archbishop of Canterbury.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Archbishop of Canterbury

Death and afterward

Notes

References

See also

External links

Biography

Early life

He was a son of the ealdorman Aethelmaer, and a member of the royal family of Wessex.
He became a monk at Glastonbury, then dean of the monastery of Christ Church, CanterburyKnowles ''Head of Religious Houses'' p. 33, and chaplain to King Canute, and on November 13, 1020 was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury.Walsh ''A New Dictionary of Saints'' p. 184Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 210

Archbishop of Canterbury

In 1022 he went to Rome to obtain the pallium, and was received with great respect by Pope Benedict VIII. Returning from Rome he purchased at Pavia a relic said to be an arm of St Augustine of Hippo, for a hundred talents of silver and one of gold, and presented it to the abbey of Coventry. He also presided over the translation of Saint Alphege's relics.
He appears to have exercised considerable influence over Canute, largely by whose aid he restored his cathedral at Canterbury, obtained important benefactions for Glastonbury and also helped finance the rebuilding of Chartres Cathedral. William of Malmesbury is known to have praised his wisdom and guidance. A story of doubtful authenticity tells how he refused to crown King Harold I, as he had promised Canute to crown none but a son of the king by his wife, Emma.

Death and afterward

Aethelnoth, who was called the "Good," died on October 29, 1038, and his name appears in the lists of saints in both Mabillon and the Bollandists. Even so, no calendar reveals evidence of a formal cultus.

Notes

References

★ Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. ''The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940-1216'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0-521-08367-2

★ Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

★ Walsh, Michael ''A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West'' London: Burns & Oats 2007 ISBN 0-8601-2438-X

See also

★ List of Archbishops of Canterbury

External links

★ Aethelnoth at Love to Know from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

★ Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England: Æthelnoth