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Saint

Tatwine of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

A monk and scholar, Archbishop of Canterbury, reposed in 734.

Feast
July 30old style August 12
Reposed
7348th century
Place
Canterbury

Life

Tatwine of Canterbury was a monk and then abbot of a Benedictine monastery at Breedon in Mercia, known for his piety and learning. He succeeded Saint Brithwald as the tenth archbishop of Canterbury, from 731 to 734. He was also a writer: the riddles he composed have survived, as has a grammar of the Latin language for advanced students. He reposed on 30 July 734. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 30 July (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 12 August of the civil calendar.

Commemorated the same day July 30