Ælfheah

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Ælfheah was an Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury and martyr venerated as a saint in the Christian tradition.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Alphege 3
Ælfheah canonical 3
Saint Ælfheah 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon bishop
Christian saint
human
alsoKnownAs Alfege
Alphege
linked to: Ælfheah

Elphege
appointedAsArchbishopOfCanterbury 1006
archdiocese Archdiocese of Canterbury
linked to: See of Canterbury
birthPlace Wessex
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral, London
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
causeOfDeath killed by Viking raiders
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
countryOfDeath Kingdom of England
deathDate 19 April 1012
deathPlace Greenwich
diocese Diocese of Winchester
endTime 1012 as Archbishop of Canterbury
era early 11th century
late 10th century
feastDay 19 April
25 April (some calendars)
givenName Ælfheah
honorificPrefix Saint
St.
languageOfWorkOrName Old English
laterBurialPlace Canterbury Cathedral
mannerOfDeath execution
martyrdom
notableFor being killed during Viking captivity at Greenwich
refusing to allow ransom to be paid for his release
occupation archbishop
bishop
partOf Anglo-Saxon Church
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Winchester
predecessor Ælfric of Abingdon as Archbishop of Canterbury
Æthelwold of Winchester as Bishop of Winchester
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity
startTime 1006 as Archbishop of Canterbury
c. 984 as Bishop of Winchester
successor Lyfing as Archbishop of Canterbury
Ælfwine of Winchester as Bishop of Winchester
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (9)

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

Saint Alfege alsoKnownAs Ælfheah
Saint Alfege alsoKnownAs Alphege
linked to: Ælfheah
Saint Alfege alsoKnownAs Ælfheah of Canterbury
linked to: Ælfheah
medieval parish church of St Alphege namedAfter St Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury
linked to: Ælfheah
Alfege givenName Ælfheah
Alfege alsoKnownAs Alphege
linked to: Ælfheah
Alfege alsoKnownAs Saint Ælfheah
linked to: Ælfheah
Ælfheah givenName Ælfheah
Ælfheah alsoKnownAs Alphege
linked to: Ælfheah