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Plegmund
Archbishop of Canterbury
Coin of Plegmund in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Appointed890
Term ended2 August either 914 or 923
PredecessorÆthelred
SuccessorAthelm
Orders
Consecration890
Personal details
Died2 August either 914 or 923
Sainthood
Feast day2 August
Venerated in
CanonizedPre-Congregation

Plegmund (or Plegemund;[3] died 2 August either 914 or 923) was a medieval English Archbishop of Canterbury. He may have been a hermit before he became archbishop in 890. As archbishop, he reorganised the Diocese of Winchester, creating four new sees, and worked with other scholars in translating religious works. He was canonised after his death.

Early life

Little is known of the early life of Plegmund except that he was of Mercian descent.[3] A later tradition, dating 300 years after his death,[4] stated that Plegmund lived as a hermit at Plemstall in Cheshire.[3][a] His reputation as a scholar[5] attracted the attention of King Alfred the Great, who was trying to revive scholarship.[6] Some time before 887, Alfred summoned Plegmund to his court. There he worked with three other scholars – Wærferth, Bishop of Worcester, Æthelstan and Wærwulf – on translating Pope Gregory the Great's treatise Pastoral Care into Old English.[3]

Archbishop of Canterbury

Plegmund was selected for the see of Canterbury in 890 by King Alfred.[7] His election to the Archbishopric of Canterbury is recorded in Manuscript E of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: "Here Archbishop Plegmund was elected by God and all the people."[8][b] Fulk, Archbishop of Reims, praised the election of Plegmund, stating that he would help root out the last remnants of paganism in the people.[9] However, there was a gap in time between the death of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Ethelred, and the consecration of Plegmund; this may have been because the see had been offered to Grimbald, a Flemish monk and scholar, who refused it.[5][10] Plegmund was granted his pallium by Pope Formosus.[3]

During the 9th century, the see of Canterbury was at a low point. One of Plegmund's responsibilities was to re-establish its authority, and, in an attempt to do this, between 909 and 918 he created new sees within the existing Diocese of Winchester in Crediton, Ramsbury, Sherborne and Wells. This meant that each future shire of Wessex had its own bishop; of Crediton for Devon and Cornwall, of Ramsbury for Wiltshire, of Sherborne for Dorset and of Wells for Somerset, as well as the diocese of Winchester for Hampshire.[11] To do this, Plegmund had to gain the approval of Pope Sergius III, who had annulled all of the acts of Pope Formosus, and in 908 Plegmund travelled to Rome so that he could be re-granted his pallium. He was the first archbishop of Canterbury to visit Rome for nearly a century, and he returned with the relics of Saint Blaise.[3]

Under Plegmund's archbishopric, the quality of the Latin used by his scribes improved, surpassing the poor quality used by the scribes of the previous two archbishops, Ceolnoth and Æthelred.[3] When Alfred died in 899, Plegmund crowned his son Edward as king.[6]

In addition to his religious duties, Plegmund was involved in matters of state and he attended the formal councils held by Edward the Elder in 901, 903, 904 and 909. He dedicated the tall tower of the New Minster at Winchester in 909.[3]

Death and legacy

Plegmund died on 2 August 914[3] or 2 August 923.[6][12] After his death Plegmund was considered a saint, with a feast day of 2 August. However, his cult dates only from the 13th century.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Plegmund is a rare name, and Plemstall means "holy place of Plegmund". The name of the island is recorded early in the 12th century; it is possible that the tradition is accurate.[4]
  2. ^ Manuscript F of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says "chosen" instead of elected.[8]

Citations

  1. ^ "Saints of the British Isles: Plegmund". Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints pp. 438–439
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wareham "Plegemund" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  4. ^ a b Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 153–154
  5. ^ a b Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons pp. 215–217
  6. ^ a b c Keynes "Plegmund" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
  7. ^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England pp. 270–271
  8. ^ a b Swanton (trans.) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle pp. 82–83
  9. ^ Duckett Alfred the Great p. 113
  10. ^ Abels Alfred the Great p. 224
  11. ^ Stafford Unification and Conquest p. 182
  12. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214

References

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Christian titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Canterbury
890–914
Succeeded by


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