Saint Alfege

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Saint Alfege was an Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury and martyr, known for his refusal to allow a ransom to be paid for his release from Viking captors, leading to his death in 1012.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Alphege 3
Saint Alfege canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon person ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alphege ⓘ
linked to: Ælfheah

Ælfheah ⓘ
Ælfheah of Canterbury ⓘ
linked to: Ælfheah
associatedWithPlace Canterbury ⓘ
Greenwich ⓘ
Winchester ⓘ
buriedAt Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
capturedBy Vikings ⓘ
causeOfDeath martyrdom ⓘ
church Catholic Church ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 19 April 1012 ⓘ
deathYear 1012 ⓘ
died 1012 ⓘ
era early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
givenName Alfege ⓘ
hasFeastDay 19 April ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed by Vikings ⓘ
notableFor refusing to allow a ransom to be paid for his release from Viking captors ⓘ
officeEnd Archbishop of Canterbury, 1012 ⓘ
officeStart Archbishop of Canterbury, 1006 ⓘ
Bishop of Winchester, c. 984 ⓘ
patronage Greenwich ⓘ
placeOfDeath Greenwich ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop of Winchester ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

St Alfege Church → dedicatedTo → Saint Alfege ⓘ
Alfege of Canterbury → alternativeName → Saint Alphege ⓘ
linked to: Saint Alfege
St Alphege Church → namedAfter → Saint Alphege ⓘ
linked to: Saint Alfege
medieval parish church of St Alphege → dedicatedTo → Saint Alphege ⓘ
linked to: Saint Alfege
Alfege → alsoKnownAs → Saint Alfege ⓘ