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ETHELNOTH (d. ro38)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 290 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETHELNOTH (d. ro38) , See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, known also as EGELNODUS or EDNODUS, was a son of the ealdorman "Ethelmaer, and a member of the royal See also:family of Wessex. He became a See also:monk at See also:Glastonbury, then See also:dean of the monastery of See also:Christ See also:Church, Canterbury, and See also:chaplain to See also:King Canute, and on the 13th of See also:November 1020 was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury. In 1022 he went to See also:Rome to obtain the See also:pallium, and was received with See also:great respect by See also:Pope See also:Benedict VIII. Returning from Rome he See also:purchased at See also:Pavia a relic said to be an See also:arm of St See also:Augustine of See also:Hippo, for a See also:hundred talents of See also:silver and one of See also:gold, and presented it to the See also:abbey of See also:Coventry. He appears to have exercised considerable See also:influence over Canute, largely by whose aid he restored his See also:cathedral at Canterbury. A See also:story of doubtful authenticity tells how he refused to See also:crown King Harold I., as he had promised Canute to crown none but a son of the king by his wife, Emma. IEthelnoth, who was called the " See also:Good," died on the 29th of See also:October Io38, and his name appears in the lists of See also:saints.

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