Theodore of Tarsus

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Theodore of Tarsus was a 7th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose organizational reforms and leadership were crucial in unifying and strengthening the early English Church during the Christianization of the British Isles.

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Label Occurrences
Theodore of Tarsus canonical 3
Archbishop Theodore of Tarsus 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theologian ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
saint ⓘ
appointedBy Pope Vitalian ⓘ
birthDate 0602 ⓘ
birthPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Cilicia ⓘ
Tarsus ⓘ
burialPlace Canterbury ⓘ
St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury ⓘ
canonizationStatus recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate 0690 ⓘ
deathPlace Canterbury ⓘ
Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
educatedAt Antioch ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Tarsus ⓘ
endTime 690 ⓘ
era 7th century ⓘ
feastDay September 19 ⓘ
fieldOfWork canon law ⓘ
ecclesiastical administration ⓘ
theology ⓘ
givenName Theodore ⓘ
influenced Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
English Church organization ⓘ
development of diocesan structure in England ⓘ
knownFor convening the Synod of Hertford ⓘ
encouraging learning and scholarship in England ⓘ
promoting unity among the English dioceses ⓘ
reorganizing the English Church ⓘ
strengthening the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
name Theodore of Tarsus ⓘ
notableWork Canons of Theodore ⓘ
Theodore’s Penitential ⓘ
officeContested Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
participantIn Synod of Hatfield ⓘ
Synod of Hertford ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
predecessor Wighard ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
residence Canterbury ⓘ
startTime 668 ⓘ
successor Berhtwald ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Theodore of Tarsus → name → Theodore of Tarsus ⓘ
Wilfrid → hadConflictWith → Archbishop Theodore of Tarsus ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop Wilfrid
linked to: Theodore of Tarsus