Archbishop Elfeah

Role: archbishop · First appears: A.D. 1011–1014

Life events

1011 · Elfmar betrayed Canterbury to the army, which seized Archbishop Elfeah.(A.D. 1011–1014 · 📍 Canterbury)
- With: Elfmar
- “they beset Canterbury, and entered therein through treachery; for Elfmar delivered the city to them, whose life Archbishop Elfeah formerly saved. And there they seized Archbishop Elfeah”
1011 · Archbishop Elfeah was held captive and martyred.(A.D. 1011–1014)
- “And the archbishop they kept with them until the time when they martyred him.”
1012 · Archbishop Elfeah was killed by the army.(A.D. 1011–1014 · 📍 London)
- “Then took they the bishop, and led him to their hustings, on the eve of the Sunday after Easter, which was the thirteenth before the calends of May; and there they then shamefully killed him.”

with Elfmar (Archbishop Elfeah had formerly saved Elfmar's life.) “for Elfmar delivered the city to them, whose life Archbishop Elfeah formerly saved.”
with Bishop Ednoth (interaction) “and the bishops, Ednoth and Elfhun, and the citizens, received him with all honour, and buried him in St. Paul's minster.”
with Bishop Elfun (interaction) “and the bishops, Ednoth and Elfhun, and the citizens, received him with all honour, and buried him in St. Paul's minster.”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.