Edmund of Durham

Edmund
Bishop of Durham
See	Diocese of Durham
Appointed	1020
Reign ended	1041
Predecessor	Aldhun
Successor	Eadred
Other posts	monk
Personal details
Died	1041 Gloucester
Denomination	Catholic

Edmund (or Eadmund; died 1041) was Bishop of Durham from 1021 to 1041.^[1]

Symeon of Durham relates the story that Edmund was a monk of Durham Cathedral, and that he was chosen as bishop because a strange voice that came from the tomb of Saint Cuthbert insisted that Edmund be selected as the next bishop.^[2] His election was confirmed by King Cnut of England.^[3] Edmund died while visiting the English royal court at Gloucester in 1041.^[2]

Notes

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 216
^ ^a ^b Fletcher Bloodfeud pp. 136–137
^ Lawson Cnut p. 137

References

Fletcher, R. A. (2003). Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516136-X.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Lawson, M. K. (2000). Cnut: England's Viking King. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing, Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2964-7.

External links

Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Edmund

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Aldhun	Bishop of Durham 1020–1041	Succeeded by Eadred

Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

High Medieval Bishops	Aldhun • Edmund • Eadred • Æthelric • Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher • William de St-Calais • Ranulf Flambard • Geoffrey Rufus • William Cumin • William of St. Barbara • Hugh de Puiset • Philip of Poitou • Richard Poore • John de Gray • Morgan • Richard Marsh • William Scot • Richard Poore • Thomas de Melsonby • Nicholas Farnham • Walter of Kirkham • Robert Stitchill • Robert of Holy Island • Antony Bek

Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw • Lewis de Beaumont • Richard de Bury • Thomas Hatfield • John Fordham • Walter Skirlaw • Thomas Langley • Robert Neville • Lawrence Booth • William Dudley • John Sherwood • Richard Foxe

Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse • Christopher Bainbridge • Thomas Ruthall • Thomas Wolsey • Cuthbert Tunstall • James Pilkington • Richard Barnes • Matthew Hutton • Tobias Matthew • William James • Richard Neile • George Montaigne • John Howson • Thomas Morton • John Cosin • Nathaniel Crew • William Talbot • Edward Chandler • Joseph Butler • Richard Trevor • John Egerton • Thomas Thurlow • Shute Barrington • William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby • Charles Longley • Henry Villiers • Charles Baring • Joseph Barber Lightfoot • Brooke Westcott • Handley Moule • Hensley Henson • Alwyn Williams • Michael Ramsey • Maurice Harland • Ian Ramsey • John Habgood • David Jenkins • Michael Turnbull • Tom Wright • Justin Welby

Persondata
Name	Edmund
Alternative names	Eadmund
Short description	Bishop of Durham
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1041
Place of death