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Æthelhard
Archbishop of Canterbury
SaintResearchedKingdom of EnglandDate unknown
Feast: 12 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
12 May 805
verified
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Æthelhard, formerly an abbot, became the fourteenth Archbishop of Canterbury at a time when King Offa of Mercia had divided the southern province and set up a rival archbishopric at Lichfield.
He struggled to restore Canterbury's rights and died on 12 May 805.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe how he came to be honoured as a saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
An archbishop who defended the rights of Canterbury.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Ethelhard
- Wikidata Q2397627 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Æthelhard (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.