EDMUND, Saint, archbishop of Canton bury: b. Abingdon, England, about 1190; d. Soissy, France, 16 Nov. 1240. His first studies were made at Oxford and from there he was sent to Paris, where he devoted himself to the study of theology and the Scriptures, and for a time taught the Scriptures in Paris. Returning to England, after his ordination, he became a teacher at Oxford from 1219 to 1226; he was the first who taught Aristotle's logic at Oxford. He desired to work among the poor, and at his own request was transferred to Salisbury Cathedral. 'While at Salisbury he received a commission from the Pope to preach the cru sade against the Saracens, which he did with effective results. In 1234 Pope Gregory IX appointed Edmund as archbishop of Canter bury. He at once entered upon a series of reforms in courts, monasteries and among his clergy. His 'Constitutions' in 36 canons, deal ing with matters of reform, are still extant.
Troubles arose between Edmund and the king, when the king's greed sought various means to secure Church revenues. Both the archbishop and the king appealed to the Pope, who, failing to finally settle the disputes, left the archbishop almost powerless to cope with adversaries. Fearing that by remaining he might seem to sanction what he could not redress, he left the country secretly and went to France. He was canonized in 1246, only four years after his death. Some of his works extant are 'Consti tutions,' to be found in