Plegmund
English Archbishop of Canterbury
b. 9th century · d. 2 Aug 914
21st Archbishop of Canterbury · c. 890–c. 914
Offices
- Archbishop of Canterbury № 21 · c. 890 – c. 914
Plegmund was a medieval English Archbishop of Canterbury. He may have been a hermit before he became archbishop in 890. As archbishop, he reorganised the Diocese of Winchester, creating four new sees, and worked with other scholars in translating religious works. He was canonised after his death.
Related people
- Æthelred succeeded · inferred
- Athelm consecrator of · traditional
- Aethelstan of Ramsbury consecrator of · traditional
- Beornheah consecrator of · traditional
- Eadwulf of Crediton consecrator of · traditional
- Wærstan consecrator of · traditional
- Frithestan consecrator of · traditional
- Ceolwulf consecrator of · traditional
- Athelm preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of Canterbury