Deusdedit of Canterbury

Deusdedit (also: Adeodatus, Frithona; † July 14 664 ) was from 655 until his death, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Archbishop Deusdedit took this name with his consecration, his birth name was Frithona; he was the first Anglo-Saxon, who became Archbishop of Canterbury. The exact role of the Archdiocese during his tenure appears somewhat unclear, since a number of bishops in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Deusdedit not, but by British or foreign bishops were consecrated. However Deusdedit founded a nunnery on the island of Thanet, and, in 657, the monastery of Madshamstead.

At the decisive Synod of Whitby, which brought the Roman cult of the victory over the Celtic cult, Deusdedit could not attend because he was suffering from the plague. He died a few months later. On this day also died Earconberht I, King of Kent. His successor was Theodore of Tarsus.