Nothhelm of Canterbury

Holy Hierarch Nothhelm of Canterbury was Archbishop of Canterbury in England from 735 until his repose on 17 October 739. He was a friend and correspondent of Saint Bede the Venerable and of Saint Boniface. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

Before becoming archbishop he was archpriest of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London. After a journey to Rome he sent Bede copies of letters from the papal archive, and through the abbot of Saint Augustine's in Canterbury he gathered information on the history of Kent for Bede's historical works. Bede dedicated to him a commentary on the Book of Kings, written in answer to thirty questions Nothhelm had asked.

Appointed in 735, he received the pallium from Pope Gregory III in 736. He held a synod in 736 or 737, attended by nine bishops, and in 737 oversaw the reorganisation of the Mercian dioceses, consecrating Witta for Lichfield and Totta for Leicester. Saint Boniface wrote to him asking for a copy of Pope Gregory the Great's answers to Augustine of Canterbury, for his own mission. Nothhelm is buried in Canterbury Cathedral and is counted a saint.

He is commemorated on 17 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).