Died October 28 (or July 14), 664; feast day formerly on January 14.
Deusdedit was a South Saxon, who became the first Anglo-Saxon primate
when he succeeded Saint Honorius as archbishop of Canterbury in 653. He
helped to build the monastery of Medehamstede (Petersborough) in 657,
and founded the convent on Thanet Island. He consecrated Damian bishop
of Rochester. Nothing further is known of him except that he died during
the great pestilence, on the same day as King Erconbert of Kent, and was
buried in the monastery church of Saints Peter and Paul (later Saint
Augustine's) in Canterbury. His shrine remained there until the
destruction of the Reformation
(
Benedictines,
Delaney,
Encyclopaedia,
Farmer).