Eadmund of Durham

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name =Eadmund


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Durham
Title = Bishop of Durham
Period = 1020–1041
Predecessor = Aldhun
Successor =Eadred
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Eadmund of Durham (or Edmund) was Bishop of Durham from 1021 to 1041.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 216]

Symeon of Durham relates the story that Eadmund was a monk of Durham, and that he was chosen because a strange voice that came from the tomb of Saint Cuthbert insisted that Eadmund be selected as the next bishop.Fletcher "Bloodfeud" p. 136-137] His election was confirmed by King Cnut of England.Lawson "Cnut: England's Viking King" p. 137] Eadmund died while visiting the English royal court at Gloucester in 1041.

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References

* Fletcher, Richard "Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England" Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003 ISBN 0-19-516136-X
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* Lawson, M. K. "Cnut: England's Viking King" Stroud: Tempus 2004 ISBN 0-7524-2964-7

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