Cynesige
Archbishop of York
d. 22 Dec 1060
25th Archbishop of York · c. 1051–c. 1060
Offices
- Archbishop of York № 25 · c. 1051 – c. 1060
Cynesige was a medieval English Archbishop of York between 1051 and 1060. Prior to his appointment to York, he was a royal clerk and perhaps a monk at Peterborough. As archbishop, he built and adorned his cathedral as well as other churches, and was active in consecrating bishops. After his death in 1060, the bequests he had made to a monastery were confiscated by the queen.
Related people
- Ælfric Puttoc succeeded · inferred
- Magswem consecrator of · traditional
Places
- Peterborough Cathedral burial
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of York