Earconwald
Erkenwald | |
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Bishop of London | |
File:Chertsey Breviary - St. Erkenwald.jpg
Erkenwald teaching monks in a historiated initial from the Chertsey Breviary (c.1300)
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Province | Canterbury |
Installed | 675 |
Term ended | 693 |
Predecessor | Wine |
Successor | Waldhere |
Other posts | Abbot of Chertsey |
Orders | |
Consecration | c. 675 |
Personal details | |
Born | circa 630 Kingdom of Lindsey |
Died | 693 Barking Abbey |
Buried | Old St Paul's Cathedral, London |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 13 May 24 April 30 April 14 November in England |
Attributes | bishop in a small chariot, which he used for travelling his diocese; with Saint Ethelburga of Barking |
Patronage | against gout |
Shrines | St. Paul's, London |
Erkenwald (also Ercenwald, Earconwald, Erkenwald, Eorcenwald or Erconwald; died 693) was Bishop of London in the Anglo-Saxon Christian church between 675 and 693.
Life
Erkenwald was born at Lindsey,[1] and was supposedly of royal ancestry.[2] Erkenwald gave up his share of family money[citation needed] to help establish two Benedictine abbeys, Chertsey Abbey in Surrey[3] in 661 for men, and Barking Abbey for women.[1][4] His sister, Æthelburg, was Abbess of Barking,[1][5] while he served as Abbot of Chertsey.[6]
In 675, Erkenwald became the Bishop of London, after Wine.[7] He was the choice of Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury.[6] While bishop, he contributed to King Ine of Wessex's law code, and is mentioned specifically in the code as a contributor.[8] He is also reputed to have converted Sebba, King of the East Saxons to Christianity in 677.[citation needed] Current historical scholarship credits Erkenwald with a large role in the evolution of Anglo-Saxon charters, and it is possible that he drafted the charter of Caedwalla to Farnham.[5] King Ine of Wessex named Erkenwald as an advisor on his laws.[9]
Erkenwald died in 693[7] and his remains were buried at Old St Paul's Cathedral. His grave was a popular place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, and was destroyed together with a number of other tombs in the cathedral during the Reformation.[10][page needed]
Erkenwald's feast day is 30 April, with translations being celebrated on 1 February and 13 May.[2]
See also
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 182
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 175
- ↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 83
- ↑ Yorke "Adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon Royal Courts" Cross Goes North pp. 250–251
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 102
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kirby Earliest English Kings pp. 95–96
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
- ↑ Yorke Conversion of Britain p. 235
- ↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 103
- ↑ Thornbury, Walter Old and New London: Volume 1, 1878.
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Preceded by | Bishop of London 675–693 |
Succeeded by Waldhere |
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