Canterbury, England
Canterbury, England
Ancient diocese , the mother-church and primatial see of all England , from 597 until its suppression in the late 16th centuy. At one time there were 22 suffragan dioceses , and the archbishop had the right of crowning and anointing the sovereign. The cathedral , begun by Saint Augustine , was burned in 1067 , and the restoration completed in 1495 . Notable bishops include
Cardinal Reginald Pole , last Catholic archbishop of the diocese
Lanfranc
Deusdedit, 655 -664 , first English bishop
Saint Anselm of Canterbury
Saint Augustine of Canterbury , first bishop
Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
Saint Edmund Rich
Saint Theodore (668 -690 )
Saint Thomas of Canterbury
Stephen Langton
Stigand (1052-1070), last of the Saxons
New Catholic Dictionary