Tatwine
Archbishop of Canterbury; Saint
b. c. 670 · d. 30 Jul 734
11th Archbishop of Canterbury · c. 731–c. 734
Offices
- Archbishop of Canterbury № 11 · c. 731 – c. 734
Tatwine was the tenth Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734. Prior to becoming archbishop, he was a monk and abbot of a Benedictine monastery. Besides his ecclesiastical career, Tatwine was a writer, and riddles he composed survive. Another work he composed was on the grammar of the Latin language, which was aimed at advanced students of that language. He was subsequently considered a saint.
Related people
- Aldwine consecrated by · traditional
- Aldwulf of Rochester consecrated by · traditional
- Daniel of Winchester consecrated by · traditional
- Ingwald consecrated by · traditional
- Berhtwald succeeded · inferred
- Alwig consecrator of · traditional
- Sigeferth of Selsey consecrator of · traditional
- Nothhelm preceded · inferred
Commemorated
Places
- Canterbury death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of Canterbury