LYFING, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

'Lyfing' (d. 12 June 1020) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Life

Notes

References

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Life

Lyfing was born "Aelfstan" and took his ecclesiastical name from ''leof-carus'' (= "darling"). He became Bishop of Wells in 999,Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 205 and in 1013 King Ethelred the Unready appointed him Archbishop of Canterbury.Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 210 Lyfing was taken captive by Vikings and held prisoner for a time, but he was released in time to attend the Witenagemot in 1014, and he started repairs of the damage the Vikings had done to Canterbury Cathedral.
As Archbishop of Canterbury, Lyfing crowned two English kings: Ethelred's son Edmund Ironside in 1016 and Canute the Great in 1017.
He died on June 12, 1020.

Notes

References

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

See also

★ List of Bishops of Bath and Wells and precursor offices

★ List of Archbishops of Canterbury

External Links

★ Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England: Lyfing