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Clovesho, Councils of Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 ed.)
..., Councils of . A series of synods representing the Church of England south of the Humber, held between the late 7th and early 9th cents. That of 747 ordered adherence to the Roman liturgical rite; that of 803 abolished the archiepiscopal status of Lichfield . The site of Clovesho is...
Councils of Clovesho
Ethelhard
Rogation Days
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Cynewulf
Clovesho Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
... The (unidentified) site of a series of English church councils , first established by Archbishop Theodore ( 668–690 ), and intended by him to be annual in nature, which are known to have taken place through the 8 th and into the 9 th c. (the last being attested in 825 ). The promulgations of several of these councils, notably those of 747 and 803 , have been preserved. Recent scholarly opinion inclines to the view that Clovesho was located in Mercia, perhaps near Leicester, perhaps at Brixworth; but the identification cannot yet be proved....
Ethelhard (d. 805) Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 ed.)
... ( d. 805 ), Abp. of Canterbury . He was elected in 791 but not consecrated until 793. The opposition of the Kentish people to a Mercian archbishop broke into open revolt in 796. After a visit to Rome, Ethelhard obtained the abolition of the archiepiscopal status of Lichfield ; the supremacy of Canterbury over the Mercian sees was acknowledged at the Council of Clovesho in 803...
Egbert of York (766) Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
...of York (died 766 ) Archbishop of York ( 732–766 ) and an effective Northumbrian churchman, Egbert ( Ecgberht ) was apparently able to implement various recommendations concerning instruction of the laity and episcopal Visits made to him in a letter by Bede the Venerable (the Epistola ad Ecgberhtum ) shortly before his death in 735 . In implementing these recommendations, which were endorsed by the council of Clovesho in 747 , Egbert had the support of his brother Eadberht, king of Northumbria (737-758). Egbert established a school at...
Theodore of Canterbury Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 ed.)
...controversy. The synods later held at Clovesho were the direct result of Theodore inaugurating the series at Hertford which decreed that such yearly synods should be held. Theodore's school at Canterbury taught not only Latin and Greek (very rare at this time), but also Roman Law, the rules of metre, computistics, music, and biblical exegesis on the Pentateuch and the Gospels of the literal school of Antioch. Theodore is also known to have been interested in medicine. But the Penitential ascribed to him cannot be his work as it stands: some elements...
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