ordination of bishopTheodore 1.episcopal consecration

Asserted in: Bede.HE iv.1, v.24
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Scholarly Info
Description	Theodore 1 was consecrated by Vitalian 1.
Year	668

Primary Source Info
Date from Source	On Sunday, 26 March; four months after being consecrated subdeacon.

Notes:

*They had to wait four months to let Theodore 1's hair grow, in order that he might receive the tonsure in the shape of a crown, for he had received the tonsure after the Eastern manner.

Persons associated with this Event:

Recipient: Theodore 1 (Archbishop of Canterbury, 668-690)
Agent: Vitalian 1 (Pope, 657-672)