Theodore of Tarsus
Archbishop of Canterbury
b. 602 · d. 19 Sep 690
9th Archbishop of Canterbury · c. 668–c. 690
Offices
- Archbishop of Canterbury № 9 · c. 668 – c. 690
Theodore of Tarsus was Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690. Theodore grew up in Tarsus, but fled to Constantinople after the Persian Empire conquered Tarsus and other cities. After studying there, he relocated to Rome and was later installed as the Archbishop of Canterbury on the orders of Pope Vitalian. Accounts of his life appear in two 8th-century texts. Theodore is best known for his reform of the English Church and establishment of a school in Canterbury.
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Events
Commemorated
Places
- Tarsus birth
- St Augustine's Abbey burial
- Canterbury death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History of the English People 1 claim — Council of Hertford
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of Canterbury