Bregwin

Infobox Archbishop of Canterbury
Full name = Saint Bregwin


birth_name = Bregwin
consecration = 759
term_end = 764
predecessor = Cuthbert of Canterbury
began=unknown
successor = Jaenbert
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death_date = 764
tomb = Canterbury Infobox Saint Archbishop of Canterbury
feast_day= 26 August
venerated_in=Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion
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Bregwin (or Breguivine or Breguwine or Bregowine) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury.

Life

Various stories have been told about Bregwin's origins, including that he was a nobleman and a continental Saxon who converted to Christianity and came to Canterbury because of the saintly reputation of Theodore of Tarsus. Others say that he owed his elevation to Æthelbert II of Kent, but all these stories rest on works that were written after the Norman conquest of England. There are no contemporary records of Bregwin before he was archbishop.Williams "Bregowine (d. 764)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] Whatever his upbringing, he was consecrated as archbishop on 27 September 761.Fryde, et. al. |"Handbook of British Chronology" p. 214] His election took place in a brief period when Kent was free of Mercian dominance between 756 and 764, so the story that he owed his election to Æthelbert does fit with the time frame.Brooks "Early History of the Church of Canterbury" p. 80] He wrote letters to Saint Lullus of Mainz which still exist, [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1830 Catholic Online Saints and Angels St Bregwin] accessed on 6 September 2007] and later his life was written by Eadmer. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Eadmer 1911 Britanica Encyclopedia Entry for Eadmer] accessed on 7 September 2007] He died in 764 and was originally buried in the baptistry in Canterbury, but his remains were moved to the Romanesque cathedral's choir in 1123.

He was later canonized with a feast day of 26 August.

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References

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* Williams, Ann "Bregowine (d. 764)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3310 Online Edition] accessed 7 November 2007

External links

* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1830 Bregwin at Catholic Online]
* [http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/bregwin.html Bregwin at Britannia Biographies]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=5038 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England Entry for Bregowine]

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