Lyfing
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Wells
b. 10th century · d. 12 Jun 1020
32nd Archbishop of Canterbury · c. 1013–c. 1020
Offices
- Archbishop of Canterbury № 32 · c. 1013 – c. 1020
Lyfing was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury. He was abbot of Chertsey Abbey before becoming bishop at Wells. His appointment to Canterbury came at a time of Danish invasions of England, and he was unable to act as archbishop for a time due to Danish activity. When Cnut, the Danish king, became king of England, Lyfing likely consecrated the new king. Lyfing was known as a wise man and gave gifts to his church and oversaw repairs to his cathedral before his death in 1020.
Related people
- Ælfheah of Canterbury succeeded · inferred
- Bernhard consecrator of · traditional
- Gerbrand consecrator of · traditional
- Reginbert consecrator of · traditional
- Æthelnoth preceded · inferred
Places
- Canterbury Cathedral burial
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of Canterbury