Find A Grave - Canterbury Cathedral

Lanfranc b. 1005 d. May 24, 1089
Archbishop of Canterbury. Born at Pavia, he studied law and, after his father's death, crossed the Alps to found a school in France. Then he decided to move to Normandy where, in 1039, he became master of the cathedral school at Avranches. In 1042 he took monastic vows at Bec where he lived in absolute seclusion until 1045. He was then persuaded to open a school in the monastery and many prominent churchmen were pupils, including a man who later became Pope Alexander II. After the conquest of...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: St Martin's chapel
Lang, Cosmo Gordon b. October 31, 1864 d. December 4, 1945
English Religious Figure. 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1928 to 1942. Earlier he had been Archbishop of York. During the abdication crisis of 1936 his advice was sought by both King Edward VIII and the Prime Minister. He died of heart attack while running to catch a train. (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: St Stephen's Chapel
Langton, Stephen b. 1151 d. 1228
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1213, and one of the key instruments in the forcing of the Magna Carta.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Beneath St Michaels Chapel
Longley, Thomas
Archbishop of Canterbury 1862-68 and under whose supremacy the first Lambeth Conference was held.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Maugham, W. (William) Somerset b. January 25, 1874 d. December 16, 1965
British Playwright, Novelist, and Short Story Writer. He is best remembered for his novels "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge." He was born William Somerset Maugham at the British Embassy in Paris, France, where his father was a lawyer who handled England's legal affairs in Paris. By the age of ten his parents had died, his mother from tuberculosis and his father from cancer. He then went to live with his uncle, Henry MacDonald Maugham, who was the Vicar of Whitstable in Kent, England...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Cremated, Ashes buried beneath a rose bush near the Maugham Library, Canterbury Cathedral
Mildred of Thanet
Roman Catholic Saint. She was the daughter of Saint Ermenburga (Eormenburh, also called Domneva, great grand daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent who had welcomed Saint Augustine when he landed at Ebbsfleet, Kent in AD597) and Merewald, third son of King Penda of Mercia. She could thus claim descent from Hengist, who settled in Kent at the end of the Roman Occupation in AD 410. Her mother built the Abbey of Minster-in-Thanet for 70 nuns on land given by her cousin, King Egbert of Kent in about AD...[Read More] (Bio by: geoffrey gillon)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Morton, John b. 1420 d. September 15, 1500
Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury. Graduated in law at Balliol College, Oxford, and practised ecclesiastical law in London. A supporter of Lancastrians, he was exiled after the Yorkist victory at Towton in 1461, but later made his peace with Edward IV. He became Master of the rolls in 1473, and undertook several diplomatic missions. In 1479 he was made Bishop of Ely and later was an executor of the will of Edward IV. He was arrested by Richard III and imprisoned in the Tower of London but later...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Chapel of Our Lady, crypt
Nothelm
Roman Catholic Saint. The 11th Archbishop of Canterbury, he was a contemporary of Saint Bede and Saint Boniface. He died around 739 AD and his Feast Day is October 17th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plegmund
Roman Catholic Saint. The 20th Archbishop of Canterbury, he served as a tutor to King Alfred and had a reputation for being a very educated person. He also helped to rebuild the church after the Viking invasions. His Feast Day is August 2nd. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Power, Leonel b. 1380 d. June 5, 1445
Composer. He and John Dunstable were England's first major composers of the Renaissance. Together they developed an harmonic style that was unique to their country, and which came to be known in Europe as "the English countenance". Power's arresting "Missa Alma redemptoris mater" (c. 1440) is one of the earliest Masses to use the same "cantus firmus" (melodic base) in all of its movements for thematic unity. His influence was considerable. Power probably came from Kent, though his birthdate...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Churchyard
Ramsey, Arthur Michael b. November 14, 1904 d. April 23, 1988
Religious Leader. Served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: The Cloisters
Saint Alphege d. 1012
Saint and Martyr. He was the 30th archbishop of Canterbuty. In 1011 he was captured by the Danes. A heavy ransom was demanded for his release but he insisted that his people refuse to pay it. The Danes in turn killed him in Greenwich. He was born about 954 AD and was killed in 1012. His Feast Day is April 19th. (Bio by: Willie)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Saint Anselm b. 1033 d. April 21, 1109
Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born at Aosta in Piedmont into a noble family. At 27, after a disagreement with his father, he became a monk. He often traveled to England and impressed the locals with his knowledge and piety. Anselm was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1107 and spent his remaining years carrying out his pastoral duties. He was canonized by Pope Alexander VI in 1494. (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Saint Eadsin d. 1050
Saint. He was the 33rd Archbishop of Canterbury. His Feast Day is October 28th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Saint Janbert
Saint. He was the 14th Archbishop of Canterbury. Janbert became bishop in 765 AD and he died in 792 Ad. His Feast Day is August 12th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Sudbury (Theobold), Simon of (Simon) [Body without head] b. 1317 d. 1381
British historical figure. Consecrated as Bishop of London in 1361. Son of Nigel Theobald, a prosperous cloth merchant. A boy was destined for a career in the Church which saw him as Canon at Hereford in 1349 and at Salisbury in 1353. During those years he was also employed by Edward III on diplomatic missions abroad. By 1361 he has become Bishop of London. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375, Chancellor of England from 1379. In 1375 he founded a College for priests-in-training in Sudbury. He...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Cause of death: Beheaded
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: In Choir, with lead ball in place of head
Sumner, John Bird
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Tait, Archibald Campbell
Religious Figure. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Tatwine
Roman Catholic Saint. The Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734 AD, he is famous for his riddles, some of which some still survive to this day. He died around 734 AD and his Feast Day is July 30th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Temple, Frederick b. November 30, 1821 d. December 23, 1902
Archbishop of Canterbury. While at Oxford he leaned towards the Oxford Liberal Movement and in 1846 entered the Church. In 1858 he became headmaster of Rugby and, as a supporter of William Gladstone, was in 1869 offered the bishopric of Exeter. In 1885 he was translated to London and in 1896, although going blind, he became Archbishop of Canterbury. His radical views and his unfailing work amongst the poor made him a controversial figure. (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: cloister garth

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