Æthelgar

Æthelgar was Archbishop of Canterbury, and previously Bishop of Selsey.

Infobox Archbishop of Canterbury
Full name = Æthelgar


birth_name =
consecration = 988
term_end = 13 February 990
began=unknown
predecessor = Dunstan
successor = Sigeric the Serious
birth_date =
death_date = 13 February 990
tomb =

Biography

Æthelgar was a monk at Glastonbury Abbey before he was the "discipulus" of Aethelwold bishop of Winchester.cite journal |last=Darlington |first=R. R. |year=1936 |title=Ecclesiastical Reform in the Late Old English Period |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=51 |issue=203 |pages=385-428 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266(193607)51%3A203%3C385%3AERITLO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y page 389] He was then at Abingdon Abbey until 964 when he was appointed Abbot of New Minster, Winchester, [Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" 6] cite book |author=Knowles, David |authorlink=David Knowles|coauthors=London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher |title=The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940-1216|edition=Second Edition |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge|year=2001 |isbn=0-521-80452-3|pages= p. 80-81, 258 ] by Bishop Aethelwold. He was consecrated Bishop of Selsey on 2 May 980.cite book |author=Fryde, E. B. |coauthors=Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third Edition, revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=p. 221] He succeeded Dunstan as Archbishop of Canterbury in 988, "but lived for a short time afterwards, no more than a year and three months."Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Version E] He was transferred to Canterbury in 988.cite book |author=Fryde, E. B. |coauthors=Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third Edition, revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X|pages=p. 221 ] He may have continued to hold his abbacy along with his bishopric and archbishopric until his death. Æthelgar died on 13 February 990.cite book |author=Fryde, E. B. |coauthors=Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third Edition, revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=p. 214]

References

External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=11485 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England: Æthelgar]

Persondata
NAME= Æthelgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Bishop of Selsey; Archbishop of Canterbury
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH= 13 February, 990
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