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Edmund
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Durham
Title Bishop of Durham
Period in office 1020–1041
Predecessor Aldhun
Successor Eadred
Personal
Date of death 1041

Edmund (or Eadmund) was Bishop of Durham from 1021 to 1041.[1]

Symeon of Durham relates the story that Edmund was a monk of Durham, and that he was chosen because a strange voice that came from the tomb of Saint Cuthbert insisted that Edmund be selected as the next bishop.[2] His election was confirmed by King Cnut of England.[3] Edmund died while visiting the English royal court at Gloucester in 1041.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 216
  2. ^ a b Fletcher Bloodfeud p. 136-137
  3. ^ Lawson Cnut: England's Viking King p. 137

References

  • Fletcher, Richard Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003 ISBN 0-19-516136-X
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.  
  • Lawson, M. K. Cnut: England's Viking King Stroud: Tempus 2004 ISBN 0-7524-2964-7

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Aldhun		 Bishop of Durham
1020–1041		 Succeeded by
Eadred







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