Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, was a 13th-century English church leader and theologian renowned for his piety, scholarship, and conflicts with royal authority over the rights of the Church.

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instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury
Roman Catholic saint
human
medieval scholar
theologian
advocated clerical independence from secular authority
alsoKnownAs Edmund Rich of Abingdon
linked to: Edmund of Abingdon

Saint Edmund of Abingdon
appointedBy Pope Gregory IX
birthDate circa 1175
birthPlace Abingdon, Berkshire, England
linked to: Abingdon
burialPlace Pontigny Abbey, France
linked to: Pontigny Abbey
canonizationDate 1246
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Innocent IV
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1240-11-16
deathPlace Soisy-Bouy, near Pontigny, France
educatedAt University of Oxford
University of Paris
linked to: Sorbonne University
endTime 1240 (as Archbishop of Canterbury)
era 13th century
feastDay November 16
fieldOfWork scholastic philosophy
theology
fullName Edmund of Abingdon
knownFor personal austerity and piety
promoting ecclesiastical reform
scholarly work in logic and theology
languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

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monarchDuringOffice Henry III of England
mother Mabel of Abingdon
notableFor conflicts with King Henry III of England
defending the rights and liberties of the Church against royal interference
occupation archbishop
priest
university teacher
partOf medieval English Church hierarchy
patronage Abingdon
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Robert Rich
startTime 1234 (as Archbishop of Canterbury)
taughtAt University of Oxford
taughtSubject arts and logic at the University of Paris
theology at the University of Oxford
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
wrote De Institutione Novitiorum
Speculum Ecclesiae

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Edmund historicallyBorneBy Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
St Edmund Hall, Oxford namedAfter Saint Edmund of Abingdon
linked to: Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
Saint Edmund Rich alsoKnownAs Saint Edmund of Abingdon
linked to: Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund of Abingdon alsoKnownAs Saint Edmund of Abingdon
linked to: Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund of Abingdon alsoKnownAs St Edmund of Canterbury
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