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ETHELNOTH (d. ro38)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 290 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETHELNOTH (d. ro38)  , archbishop of Canterbury, known also as EGELNODUS or EDNODUS, was a son of the ealdorman "Ethelmaer, and a member of the royal
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family of Wessex . He became a monk at
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Glastonbury, then dean of the monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury, and
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chaplain to King Canute, and on the 13th of November 1020 was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury . In 1022 he went to Rome to obtain the
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pallium, and was received with
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great respect by Pope Benedict VIII . Returning from Rome he
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purchased at Pavia a relic said to be an arm of St Augustine of
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Hippo, for a
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hundred talents of
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silver and one of gold, and presented it to the abbey of Coventry . He appears to have exercised considerable influence over Canute, largely by whose aid he restored his
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cathedral at Canterbury . A story of doubtful authenticity tells how he refused to
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crown King Harold I., as he had promised Canute to crown none but a son of the king by his wife, Emma . IEthelnoth, who was called the " Good," died on the 29th of
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October Io38, and his name appears in the lists of saints .

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