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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Alphege 1
Ælfheah canonical 1
Ælfheah of Canterbury 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon bishop
Christian saint
human
alsoKnownAs Alfege NERFINISHED
Alphege NERFINISHED
Elphege NERFINISHED
appointedAsArchbishopOfCanterbury 1006
archdiocese Archdiocese of Canterbury NERFINISHED
birthPlace Wessex NERFINISHED
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral, London NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
causeOfDeath killed by Viking raiders
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
countryOfDeath Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
deathDate 19 April 1012
deathPlace Greenwich NERFINISHED
diocese Diocese of Winchester NERFINISHED
endTime 1012 as Archbishop of Canterbury
era early 11th century
late 10th century
feastDay 19 April
25 April (some calendars)
givenName Ælfheah NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint
St. NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Old English
laterBurialPlace Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Winchester NERFINISHED
predecessor Ælfric of Abingdon as Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED
Æthelwold of Winchester as Bishop of Winchester NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
startTime 1006 as Archbishop of Canterbury
c. 984 as Bishop of Winchester
successor Lyfing as Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED
Ælfwine of Winchester as Bishop of Winchester NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Saint Alfege alsoKnownAs Ælfheah
Saint Alfege alsoKnownAs Ælfheah
this entity surface form: Alphege
Saint Alfege alsoKnownAs Ælfheah
this entity surface form: Ælfheah of Canterbury