Eadsige

Saint

Eadsige

OSB
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed1038
Term ended28 October 1050
PredecessorÆthelnoth
SuccessorRobert of Jumièges
Orders
Consecration1038
Personal details
Died29 October 1050
Sainthood
Feast day28 October
Venerated inAnglican Communion
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

Eadsige (died 29 October 1050), was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1038 to 1050. He crowned Edward the Confessor as king of England in 1043.

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