Edmund (or Eadmund; died 1041) was
Bishop of Durham
The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in the Province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler has been the Bishop of Durham ...
from 1021 to 1041.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 216]
Symeon of Durham
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Symeon (or Simeon) of Durham (died after 1129) was an English chronicler and a monk of Durham Priory.
Biography
Symeon entered the Benedictine monastery at Jarrow as a youth. It moved to Durham in 1074, and he was professed in 1085 or ...
relates the story that Edmund was a
monk
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
of
Durham Cathedral, and that he was chosen as bishop because a strange voice that came from the tomb of
Saint Cuthbert
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( – 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of ...
insisted that Edmund be selected as the next bishop.
[Fletcher ''Bloodfeud'' pp. 136–137] His election was confirmed by King
Cnut of England.
[Lawson ''Cnut'' p. 137] Edmund died while visiting the English royal court at
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...
in 1041.
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Bishops of Durham
11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1041 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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