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10th-century English archbishops

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Dunstan
Dunstan ( – 19 May 988) was an English bishop and Benedictine monk. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised. His work restored monastic life in England and reformed the English Church. His 11th-century biographer Osbern, himself an artist and scribe, states that Dunstan was skilled in "making a picture and forming letters", as were other clergy of his age who reached senior rank.
Oswald of Worcester
Archbishop of York (died 992)
Ælfric of Abingdon
Archbishop of Canterbury in the late 10th century
Sigeric the Serious
Archbishop of Canterbury
Oda the Severe
Bishop of Ramsbury; Archbishop of Canterbury
Plegmund
Plegmund (or Plegemund; died 2 August either 914 or 923) was a medieval English Archbishop of Canterbury. He may have been a hermit before he became archbishop in 890. As archbishop, he reorganised the Diocese of Winchester, creating four new sees, and worked with other scholars in translating religious works. He was canonised after his death.
Athelm
Athelm (or Æthelhelm; died 8 January 926) was an English churchman, who was the first Bishop of Wells, and later Archbishop of Canterbury. His translation, or moving from one bishopric to another, was a precedent for later translations of ecclesiastics, because prior to this time period such movements were considered illegal. While archbishop, Athelm crowned King Æthelstan, and perhaps wrote the coronation service for the event. He was the uncle of Dunstan, a later Archbishop of Canterbury, Athelm helped promote Dunstan's early career. After Athelm's death, he was considered a saint, with his
Wulfhelm
Wulfhelm (died 12 February 941) was Bishop of Wells before being promoted to the Archbishopric of Canterbury about 926. Nothing is known about his time at Wells, but as archbishop he helped codify royal law codes and gave lands to monasteries. He went to Rome soon after his selection as archbishop. Two religious books that he gave to his cathedral are still extant.
Ælfsige
Ælfsige (or Aelfsige, Ælfsin or Aelfsin; died 959) was Bishop of Winchester before he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 959.
Ealdwulf
Bishop of Worcester; Abbot of Peterborough; Archbishop of York
Byrhthelm
Bishop of Wells; Archbishop of Canterbury
Wulfstan
archbishop of York
Æthelgar
Æthelgar (died 990) was Archbishop of Canterbury, and previously Bishop of Selsey.