Event: Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of archbishop, Death/dying, Insulting, Journey, Support-gainingÆlfsige 30.usurping the see of Canterbury

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Description On Oda 1's death Ælfsige 30 got supporters together by greasing their palms, forged an edict from King Edgar 11, and was foisted upon Canterbury. He stamped on the grave of the blessed Oda 1, and abused his soul. Later he set off across the Alps to receive the pallium at Rome and froze to death.
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