Ithamar 1 (Male) Bishop of Rochester, 644-664
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Factoid List

Recorded Name (6)
... Ithamar (1)
 Bede.HE  iii.14
Itamar (1)
 S68   
Ithamar (3)
 Bede.HE  iii.20
 ASC (E)  656 E
 NewMinster.LiberVitae  Fol 15v.7.ii
Iðamar (1)
 ASC (E)  655 E
Personal Information (2)
piety (1)
 Bede.HE  iii.14 (equal to his predecessors in learning and holiness of life)
provenance (1)
 Bede.HE  iii.14 (of Kentish extraction)
Office (11)
Bishop (11)
 Bede.HE  iii.14
 Bede.HE  iii.20
 S68    (bishop of Rochester)
 ASC (E)  655 E (Bishop of Rochester)
 ASC (E)  656 E (p. 30) (Bishop of Rochester)
 NewMinster.LiberVitae  Fol 15v.7.ii (Bishop of the Church of Rochester)
 Anon.EpisList1    (bishop of the church of Rochester)
 Anon.EpisList2    (bishop of the church of Rochester)
 Anon.EpisList3    (bishop of the church of Rochester)
 Anon.EpisList4   
 Anon.EpisList5    (bishop of the church of Rochester)
Event (7)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of archbishop (2)
 Deusdedit 1.consecration: Ithamar 1 consecrated Deusdedit 1 archbishop of Canterbury: Bede.HE  iii.20
 Ithamar 1.consecration of Deusdedit 1 to Canterbury: Here Ithamar 1 consecrated Deusdedit 1 to Canterbury on 6 kalends of April [= 26 March].: ASC (E)  655 E (655)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of bishop (2)
 Honorius 1.consecration of Ithamar 1: Honorius 1 consecrated Ithamar 1 as bishop of Rochester.: Bede.HE  iii.14
 Ithamar 1.ecclesiastical career: Paulinus 1' place at Rochester was filled by Ithamar 1, provided and consecrated by Archbishop Honorius 1. He was English by birth, but lacked nothing you could have wished for in sanctity of life or in the positively Roman accomplishment of his learning. He was the first Englishman to bring his land the grace of a bishop's rank, thus adding greatly to the prestige of his countrymen. After Honorius 1 he ordained Deusdedit 1 as archbishop at Canterbury. That should have been the duty of the archbishop of York, but after Paulinus 1 had been expelled no one had taken his place.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.72.5-6
Assembly (1)
 Deusdedit 1.consecration of mynster: Deusdedit 1 consecrated the mynster [at Medeshamstede] in the presence of various people.: ASC (E)  656 E
Burial (1)
 Paulinus 1.burial: [Paulinus 1] was buried in the church which King Æthelberht 3 had raised in Rochester to the apostle St Andrew, patron saint of the see. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.72.5
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S68 - Wulfhere 1 confirmation and granting of land St Peter's, Medeshamstede 1: Wulfhere 1, king of Mercians, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede 1; confirmation and grant of land at many places: S68    (664)
Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (2)
 Deusdedit 1.consecration of mynster: Deusdedit 1 consecrated the mynster [at Medeshamstede] in the presence of various people.: ASC (E)  656 E
 Paulinus 1.burial: [Paulinus 1] was buried in the church which King Æthelberht 3 had raised in Rochester to the apostle St Andrew, patron saint of the see. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.72.5
Confirmation of land/privileges (1)
 S68 - Wulfhere 1 confirmation and granting of land St Peter's, Medeshamstede 1: Wulfhere 1, king of Mercians, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede 1; confirmation and grant of land at many places: S68    (664)
Expulsion (1)
 Ithamar 1.ecclesiastical career: Paulinus 1' place at Rochester was filled by Ithamar 1, provided and consecrated by Archbishop Honorius 1. He was English by birth, but lacked nothing you could have wished for in sanctity of life or in the positively Roman accomplishment of his learning. He was the first Englishman to bring his land the grace of a bishop's rank, thus adding greatly to the prestige of his countrymen. After Honorius 1 he ordained Deusdedit 1 as archbishop at Canterbury. That should have been the duty of the archbishop of York, but after Paulinus 1 had been expelled no one had taken his place.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.72.5-6
Grant and Gift (1)
 S68 - Wulfhere 1 confirmation and granting of land St Peter's, Medeshamstede 1: Wulfhere 1, king of Mercians, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede 1; confirmation and grant of land at many places: S68    (664)