Event: Advice/counselAlcuin 1.recommendation that Æthelheard 13 consult over unity of church

Persons associated with this Event:

• Agent:   Alcuin 1 (Author, deacon and abbot of Tours, c.735-804) : The unity of the church, which Alcuin 1 thought had been partly broken not for a rational reason but out of a certain desire for power, he recommended Æthelheard 13 should help to heal. He recommended that the pious father [sc. Hygeberht 1] not be stripped of his pallium but the ordination of bishops should revert to the primary see [i.e. Canterbury].
• Recipient:   Æthelheard 13 (Archbishop of Canterbury, 792-805 (cons. 793))
• (Other):   Eanbald 2 (II, archbishop of York, 796-808x?) : Alcuin 1 recommended that Æthelbald 8 should consult with Eanbald 2.
• (Other):   Hygeberht 1 (Archbishop of Lichfield, 779-799x801) : Alcuin 1 recommended that Hygeberht 1 should not be stripped of his pallium during his lifetime. Alcuin 1 implied that he had been permitted to ordain bishops.
• (Other):   Anonymi 1918 (Priests whom Alcuin 1 recommended that Æthelheard 13 consult) : Alcuin 1 recommended that Æthelbald 8 consult with priests (Anonymi 1918).