Ælfric of Abingdon
Archbishop of Canterbury in the late 10th century
Feast: 16 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Ælfric of Abingdon (died 16 November 1005) was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the abbot of Abingdon Abbey. After his election to Canterbury, he continued to hold the bishopric of Ramsbury along with the archbishopric of Canterbury until his death in 1005. Ælfric may have altered the composition of Canterbury's cathedral chapter by changing the clergy serving in the cathedral from secular clergy to monks. In his will he left a ship to King Æthelred II of England as well as more ships to other legatees.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Alfric of Canterbury — Abbot of Abingdon, then bishop of Ramsbury and archbishop of Canterbury; the Benedictine Book of Saints carries him as Alfrick.
- Wikidata Q19179 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ælfric of Abingdon (CC BY-SA)
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