Also known as
- Æthelheard of Canterbury
- Æthilheard of Canterbury
- Aethelheard of Canterbury
- Aethilheard of Canterbury
- Ethelreard of Canterbury
Profile
Abbot, probably of Louth, Lincolnshire, England. May have been bishop of Winchester, England. Archbishop of Canterbury, England, consecrated on 21 July 793. Elected to the see at a time when Mercian King Offa was trying to weaken Canterbury‘s influence. Ethelhard had to flee from his see for a while, but when Cenwulf succeeded in Mercia, they worked together to restore the rights of Canterbury, a matter finally settled in 802. Had Offa succeeded, his policy would not only have affected the Church, it would have seriously slowed the unification of England. Ethelhard convened the synod of Clovesho in 803, which resulted in a requirement of a pledge obedience by new bishops to their superior.
Born
- Louth, Lincolnshire, England
- 12 May 805 at Canterbury, England of natural causes
- buried in the Canterbury cathedral
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Britannia Biographies
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Edward Myers
- Katherine Rabenstein
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Ethelhard of Canterbury“. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 January 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>