19 September 690 A.D. Theodore of Canterbury Dies—7th of 105 Archbishops of Caenterbury, a Greek Born at Tarsus
19
September 690 A.D. Theodore
of Canterbury Dies—7th of 105 Archbishops of Caenterbury, a Greek
Born at Tarsus
Bevans, G. M. “St.
Theodore of Canterbury (AD 602-690).” Brittania.com. N.d. http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/theodore.html.
Accessed 7 May 2014.
Bevans, Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury.
Toronto, ONT: University of Toronto
Libraries, 2011. Available here: http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Archbishops-Canterbury-Gladys-Bevan/dp/B005HI57FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399493248&sr=8-1&keywords=bevans+portraits+of+archbishops+of+canterbury
St. Theodoreof Canterbury
(AD 602 - 690)
Archbishop of Canterbury
Born: AD 602
Died: 19th September AD 690
A native of Tarsus in Cilicia,
Theodore was born about AD 602. Having studied in Athens, he visited Rome and,
whilst there, was appointed by Pope Vitalian to the See of Canterbury, which
had been vacant for four years. Theodore arrived in England in AD 669 and was
well received everywhere. He was the first Archbishop whose authority the whole
English Church was willing to acknowledge.
The aims which Theodore set
before himself were the organization of the Church and the encouragement of
learning. He therefore consecrated Bishops to fill the vacant Sees and
subdivided the existing Dioceses.
Wilfrid, who at this time ruled
all the Church north of the Humber, resisted the attempt to deprive him of any
part of his Diocese; but although on his appeal to Rome, the papal decision was
given in his favour, Theodore proceeded with the subdivision of the
Northumbrian episcopate. Shortly before his death, he was reconciled to
Wilfrid, who was restored to his See.
The diocesan system which
Theodore sought to establish was accepted by a Synod of the united English
Church held at Hertford in AD 673. Another Synod, held at Hatfield in 680,
affirmed the adhesion of the English Church to the Catholic Faith.
The enlightened zeal of Theodore
allowed learning to flourish in England. Under his direction, and with the able
help of Hadrian and Benedict Biscop, seminaries were founded at many of the
Monasteries. Theodore died in AD 690.
Edited from G.M. Bevan's
"Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury" (1908).
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