What the records say
- When
- 702
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 53.44° N, 1.00° W
Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Austerfield.
Summary
Berhtwald, archbishop of Canterbury, calls the Council of Austerfield to decide the rights of Wilfrid, some-time bishop of York. He is offered Ripon Abbey if he will relinquish his claims as bishop. Wilfrid rejects this offer and appeals to Rome.
Council of Austerfield
8th-century church council in Anglo-Saxon England
The Council of Austerfield was an ecclesiastical synod held at Austerfield, in southern Northumbria in 702 or 703.
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