Christian feast day: Elfric of Abingdon

Ælfric of Abingdon

Archbishop of Canterbury from 995 to 1005, Christian saint

Ælfric of Abingdon was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the abbot of Abingdon Abbey. After his election to Canterbury, he continued to hold the bishopric of…