Bishop of the East Saxons

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The Bishop of the East Saxons was an early medieval Christian episcopal office responsible for overseeing the church and missionary activity among the East Saxon people in what is now Essex, England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious title
episcopal office
medieval ecclesiastical office
appliesToJurisdiction Essex NERFINISHED
Kingdom of the East Saxons NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity London NERFINISHED
associatedWithEthnicGroup East Saxons NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonarch East Saxon kings NERFINISHED
Kings of Essex NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Essex NERFINISHED
Hertfordshire NERFINISHED
Middlesex NERFINISHED
belongsToTradition Latin Church NERFINISHED
country England
denomination Catholic Church (pre-Reformation) NERFINISHED
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Canterbury
establishedForPurpose conversion of the East Saxons
organization of Christian communities in Essex
follows Roman rite
governs diocese covering the East Saxons
hasFunction integration of East Saxons into Christian Europe
maintenance of ecclesiastical law in Essex
hasRole administration of sacraments
evangelization
ordination of clergy
pastoral oversight
hasTitleInLatin episcopus Orientalium Saxonum NERFINISHED
historicalContext Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
historicalSuccessorOffice Bishop of London NERFINISHED
languageOfUse Latin
Old English
locatedInTimePeriod 7th century
8th century
9th century
early Middle Ages
officeHolder Cedd NERFINISHED
Erkenwald NERFINISHED
Mellitus NERFINISHED
oversees church in the Kingdom of the East Saxons
missionary activity among the East Saxons
partOf Anglo-Saxon church hierarchy
Western Church NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
seat London NERFINISHED
seeAlso Bishop of London NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED
typeOfJurisdiction diocese

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Saint Cedd positionHeld Bishop of the East Saxons