Lyfing, English archbishop (born 999)

Lyfing (archbishop of Canterbury)

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1013 to 1020

Lyfing was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury. He was abbot of Chertsey Abbey before becoming bishop at Wells. His appointment to Canterbury came at a time of Danish invasions of England, and he was unable to act as archbishop for a time due to Danish…