Theodore of Tarsus

Theodore of Tarsus (* 602 in Tarsus, Byzantine Empire, † 19 September 690 ) was the seventh Archbishop of Canterbury.

Theodore was born in Tarsus, the capital of the province of Cilicia. After initially seem Wighart was the successor to the 664 late Archbishop of Canterbury, Deusdedit provided, but died before his consecration, suggested by Hadrian Niridianum active in the Eastern Church Theodor ago. Pope Theodore of Tarsus Vitalian then consecrated in April 668 and Hadrian commissioned to accompany this. While Hadrian, however, was held by the House of Neustria Meier Ebroin in the Frankish Empire, Theodor reached in May 669 England. The report of the Venerable Bede, according to Theodor then traveled across England to monitor adherence to the Roman custom of Easter and monastic rules. He was also the first Archbishop of Canterbury, where all the "Churches of the Angles " were subordinated.

Theodor resisted the establishment of a separate ecclesiastical province of York, and consecrated themselves the Bishops of East Anglia ( Bisi ), Rochester ( Putta ), Wessex ( Hlothhere ) and Mercia ( Ceadda ). As the same time the iro - Scottish mission was in decline, succeeded Theodor, first summarize the Church in Anglo-Saxon territories under the suzerainty of Canterbury, which should retain this position from then on. Thus, the first Roman Church was created outside the Mediterranean.

Once this consolidation takes place largely, Theodor 673 was chairman of the first Synod of the Anglo-Saxon church in Hertford. On this occasion, numerous iro - Scottish remnants were banned in the liturgy and strengthen the structure of the archdiocese. In particular, this included the stabilitas loci of the clergy as opposed to the wandering iro -Scottish monks as well as the drawing up of the powers of the bishops as the highest ecclesiastical authorities in their respective dioceses. Then Theodor renewed the diocese of Essex by Earconwald began there. His intervention in the church of Northumbria and the Picts ( 678 ) aroused the resistance of Wilfrid. In the war between Northumbria and Mercia 679, he managed to broker a peace. In the years 680 and 684, he led the synod of Hatfield and Twyford, the enhanced binding of the Anglo-Saxon to the Roman Church. In the late phase of his reign Theodor divided several bishoprics, so as to obtain smaller ecclesiastical units.