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Deusdedit (died c. 664) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury. By birth an Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop in 655 and held the office for more than nine years until his death, probably from plague.
Deusdedit of Canterbury. Deusdedit of Canterbury, perhaps originally named Frithona, Frithuwine or Frithonas, was the first native-born Archbishop of Canterbury. By birth an Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop in 655 and held the office for more than nine years until his repose, probably from plague.
Saint Deusdedit of Canterbury, also known as Adeodatus, Freithona, Frithona, Frithonas, or Frithuwine, was a Benedictine monk and the sixth Archbishop of Canterbury, England. He was the first Anglo-Saxon to hold this esteemed position, serving from the year 655 until his death in 664.
Shop St. Deusdedit. Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury, England. He was a Southern Saxon, originally called Freithona. In 653, Deusdedit succeeded Honorius, becoming the first Anglo-Saxon to become a primate of England. He died, probably on October 28, during a plague.
He was the sixth Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), and was the first Anglo-Saxon to hold the primacy. He was consecrated at Canterbury in 655, by Ithamar, the first Saxon Bishop of Rochester, in succession to Honorius, thus commencing the long line of English archbishops , which was broken but once, and that by his immediate successor, Theodore.
Deusdedit (died c. 664) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury. By birth an Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop in 655 and held the office for more than nine years until his death, probably from plague.
Deusdedit, archbishop of Canterbury (655–64), was the sixth man to hold that office and the first Englishman to be appointed; his predecessors were all members of the missions dispatched from Rome by Pope Gregory the Great. Source for information on Deusdedit: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
