Saint Brithwald of Canterbury

Also known as

• Beorhtweald of Canterbury
• Berctuald of Canterbury
• Beretuald of Canterbury
• Berhtwald of Canterbury
• Berthwald of Canterbury
• Bertwald of Canterbury
• Brihtwald of Canterbury

Memorial

• 9 January

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Educated at Canterbury, England. Benedictine monk and then abbot of Reculver Abbey, Kent, England. Archbishop of Canterbury from 692 until his death nearly 40 years later. Correspondent of with Saint Boniface, Saint Aldhelm, and Saint Wilfrid of York.

Born

• Anglo-Saxon

Died

• 731 of natural causes
• Saint Augustine’s abbey, Canterbury, England

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Brithwald of Canterbury”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 April 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brithwald-of-canterbury/>