Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Ethelhard

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Etheldreda, Saint
Next Entry
Ethics
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

Fourteenth Archbishop of Canterbury; died 805. He was elected to the see at a time when Offa, King of the Mercians, was attempting to weaken Canterbury's influence and had succeeded in securing the pallium for the incumbent of the See of Lichfield. Ethelhard encountered many difficulties, being for a time obliged to flee from his see, but when Cenwulf succeeded in Mercia, they worked together for the restoration of the rights of Canterbury, the dispute being ended by Ethelhard's visit to Rome in 801. The success of Offa's policy would have impeded the attainment of national unity, and its defeat by Ethelhard is an event of the greatest importance in the history of the making of the English nation.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Ethelhard'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​e/ethelhard.html. 1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile