canterbury died october medieval england prior elevation canterbury abbot monastic house evidence holding mainly dates england archbishop held church councils built new church canterbury diocese york raised died later regarded saint early life noble birth recorded elevated identification archbishop comes post conquest sources contemporary record says consecrated archbishop translated needed bishop translated given nature sources identification bishop archbishop canterbury likely regarded proven served capacity years elevation canterbury credited composition tomb predecessors cathedral church located time prior election canterbury probably owed selection archbishop influence king number appointed canterbury suggests authority expanding kent canterbury recipient long letter complained morals clergy british isles drinking alcohol anglo saxon bishops sent letters archbishop native england time archbishop longer claimed authority britain like predecessor pope sent bishop york raising york status sign enhanced status york consecrated bishops south attended bishops south england presided gathering mandated clergy explain basic christianity clerical dress control monasteries behavior clergy mandated diocese hold decisions council sent pope council report council resolutions action taken response complaints actions council gathered collection command council continued correspond sent successor held second known built church baptist canterbury destroyed fire buried new church new church located west cathedral church burial site later trials ordeal explicit contemporary reference states uses intended fact church dedicated baptist argues strongly intended new building burial practices change clear intended reasons unconnected argues change burial customs extended britain resulted burial church yards instead outside city limits custom previously main evidence theory 16th century tradition canterbury archaeological evidence change burial patterns change occur archaeological evidence reason change happened given late date canterbury tradition theory considered proven death legacy died october later considered saint feast day october buried church archbishop_of_canterbury buried abbey letters anglo saxon missionaries european continent highly educated
Cuthbert of Canterbury