Saints Library · Teaching and Sharing
St. Edmund of Abingdon
Archbishop of Canterbuty, Patron of Abingdon, England
Life and historical setting
Edmund of Abingdon (1174–1240) is remembered in the Church as archbishop of Canterbuty, Patron of Abingdon, England. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Abingdon-on-Thames.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Edmund of Abingdon include Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, Catholic priest.
Edmund of Abingdon was entrusted with service Archbishop of Canterbury. The founding of in 1843 by Father Muard whose mission was to revive Christianity in France by preaching in the villages became part of Edmund of Abingdon's lasting work.
Edmund of Abingdon served as Archbishop of Canterbury. Edmund of Abingdon later became a respected lecturer in mathematics, dialectics and theology at the Universities of Paris and Oxford, promoting the study.
The enduring witness of Edmund of Abingdon is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and conversion and moral renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
The supplied account connects this life directly with Christ, the Gospel, or the apostolic witness.
Prayer and contemplation
Prayer, contemplation, or a disciplined interior life is a significant part of the recorded witness.
Conversion and moral renewal
The narrative emphasizes repentance, conversion, reform, or a decisive return to God.
Preaching and evangelization
The source remembers preaching, missionary work, baptism, catechesis, or another form of evangelization.
Courageous public witness
The narrative records fidelity expressed publicly despite conflict, opposition, exile, or imprisonment.
Sharing the faith
The source presents teaching and evangelization as service to the Church and future generations.
Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Edmund of Abingdon is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and conversion and moral renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Edmund of Abingdon, strengthen us in patient teaching, evangelization, and the faithful transmission of the Catholic faith. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.