Deusdedit

Family: West Saxons · Role: Archbishop of Canterbury · First appears: Book III · Chap. XX

Life events

653 · Ithamar ordained Deusdedit the sixth Archbishop of Canterbury.(Book III · Chap. XX · 📍 Canterbury)
- With: Ithamar
- “Deusdedit of the nation of the West Saxons, was chosen the sixth Archbishop of Canterbury. To ordain him, Ithamar, bishop of Rochester, came thither. His ordination was on the 26th of March”
653 · Deusdedit consecrated Damian as Ithamar’s successor.(Book III · Chap. XX)
- With: Damian
- “and when Ithamar died, he consecrated in his place Damian, who was of the race of the South Saxons”
c. 664 · Archbishop Deusdedit died, leaving no bishop appointed in his place.(Book III · Chap. XXVIII · 📍 Kent)
- “when they arrived in Kent, they found that Archbishop Deusdedit had departed this life, and no other bishop was as yet appointed in his place”
668 · Deusdedit died, leaving the see of Canterbury vacant.(Book IV · Chap. I)
- “Deusdedit, the sixth bishop of the church of Canterbury, died on the 14th of July.”

sworn: Ithamar “To ordain him, Ithamar, bishop of Rochester, came thither.”
liege: Damian “when Ithamar died, he consecrated in his place Damian, who was of the race of the South Saxons”

servant: Wighard (Wighard belonged to Deusdedit’s clergy.) “a priest named Wighard, one of Bishop Deusdedit’s clergy”
with Wighard (Wighard was a member of Deusdedit’s clergy.) “a priest named Wighard, one of Bishop Deusdedit’s clergy”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.