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"Lyfing" (from leof-carus (= "darling")) was the name of several notable persons in early England, including:

Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1020) advisor to King Ethelred the Unready
Lyfing, Abbot of Tavistock (d. 1047) advisor to King Canute the Dane

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Lyfing, Archbishop of CanterburyLyfing (d. 12 June 1020) was born "Aelfstan" and took his ecclesiastical name from leof-carus ( "darling"). He became Bishop of Wells in 999, and in 1013 King Ethelred the Unready appointed him Archbishop of Canterbury. Lyfing was taken captive by Vikings

Lyfing, Abbot of TavistockLyfing (d. 23 March 1047), or "Livingus," was a monk at the Cathedral Priory in Winchester. In 1009 he became Abbot of Tavistock, and that was always his favorite of the offices he held. In 1027 he became the 9th Bishop of Crediton, and about the same tim

LyfingLyfing (from leof-carus ( "darling")) was the name of several notable persons in early England, including: Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1020) advisor to King Ethelred the Unready Lyfing, Abbot of Tavistock (d. 1047) advisor to King Canute the Dane

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