Archbishop of Lichfield

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The Archbishop of Lichfield was a senior medieval English prelate who briefly held metropolitan authority over the Midlands during the late 8th and early 9th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious title ⓘ
ecclesiastical office ⓘ
medieval English church office ⓘ
associatedWithKingdom Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia
associatedWithRuler Offa of Mercia ⓘ
cathedral Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
country Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia
createdAtRequestOf Offa of Mercia ⓘ
createdBy Pope Adrian I ⓘ
linked to: Pope Hadrian I
createdForPoliticalReasonsBy Offa of Mercia ⓘ
denomination Latin Church ⓘ
dissolvedBy Pope Leo III ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince province of Lichfield ⓘ
endTime 803 ⓘ
existedConcurrentlyWith Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
firstHolder Higbert ⓘ
followedBy Bishop of Lichfield ⓘ
governingStructure monarchical episcopate ⓘ
grantedPalliumBy Pope Adrian I ⓘ
linked to: Pope Hadrian I
hasTitleRank archbishop ⓘ
higherEcclesiasticalRankThan bishop of Lichfield ⓘ
historicalRegion Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
historicalSignificance temporary second archiepiscopal see in England ⓘ
jurisdiction Mercia ⓘ
parts of central England ⓘ
languageOfLiturgicalUse Latin ⓘ
lastHolder Higbert ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Staffordshire ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
metropolitanAuthorityOver Midlands ⓘ
metropolitanSeeTakenFrom Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
officeHolder Higbert ⓘ
partOf Western Church ⓘ
precededBy Bishop of Lichfield ⓘ
reasonForAbolition restoration of Canterbury’s primacy ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
restoredAuthorityTo Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
rite Roman Rite ⓘ
see Lichfield ⓘ
startTime 787 ⓘ
status defunct ecclesiastical title ⓘ
subordinateBishops various Mercian bishops ⓘ
subordinateTo Pope ⓘ
territorialBase diocese of Lichfield ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocese of Lichfield → hadArchbishop → Archbishop of Lichfield ⓘ
Province of Lichfield → hasMetropolitanBishop → Archbishop of Lichfield ⓘ
Offa of Mercia → associatedWith → Lichfield (as an archbishopric under his rule) ⓘ
linked to: Archbishop of Lichfield
Higbert → positionHeld → Archbishop of Lichfield ⓘ