Auden and Saints, a Pope, Archbishops and Cardinals
Auden's personal religious convictions and his interest in religious history make his genealogical connections with a not insignificant number of medieval saints as well as with a number of important church figures a subject of interest. In the medieval world Caesar and God were often personified by close kin; on occasion they were even embodied in the same individual. Auden's connections with all the saints listed below came from the same branches of his family tree which linked him with so many medieval monarchs (see 'Auden and British Royalty').
On all these pages, the 'I' number within parentheses following each name indicates the unique number assigned to the person in the 'Family Ghosts' database; a search on that number will produce the full record for that person. Numerous brief biographies for all individuals mentioned on this page are available on the Web and so, with exceptions, detailed personal histories are not given in 'Family Ghosts'.
Clicked on, the links listed will produce a diagram of the directest relation between the individual in question and Auden, including those constructed through marriage or (in genealogical jargon) 'connection', that is out-of-wedlock relationships. Limitations of the software used make it impossible to differentiate visually in these 'Relationship Charts' between marriages and connections. In these charts, all sexual relationships which produced children are subsumed under the rubric of marriage. No moral point is attached to this enforced generalization, and in all cases fuller, more accurate descriptions of the nature of the relationship(s) diagrammed are given in the records for the individuals concerned.
Saints
St. Eadburh (I2530), Auden was her 31 times great nephew; directest relation to Auden
St. Eadgyth (I2453); directest relation to Auden
St. Edward the Martyr (I2450); directest relation to Auden
St. Wulfthryth (I2452), she was the wife of Edgar the Peaceable (I2444), and Auden was his 29 times great grandson; directest relation to Auden
St. Olaf II of Norway (I4004); directest relation to Auden
St. Edward the Confessor (I2460); directest relation to Auden
St. Margaret of Scotland (I1298), Auden was her 25 times great grandson; directest relation to Auden
St. Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig (I4572); directest relation to Auden
St. Leopold III of Austria (I2686); directest relation to Auden
St. Waltheof of St. Liz (I4796); directest relation to Auden
St. Ferdinand III of Castile (I3240), Auden was his 20 times great grandson; directest relation to Auden
St. Louis IX of France (I2654), France's only canonized monarch, Auden was his 21 times great grandson; directest relation to Auden
St. Joan of Valois (I3975), Auden was her seventh cousin 15 times removed; directest relation to Auden
Beatified
Blessed Margaret Pole (I3707), Auden was her fourth cousin 14 times removed; directest relation to Auden
Pope
Pope Callixtus II (I2680); directest relation to Auden
Archbishops
Archbishop Thomas Arundel (I3949), Auden was his 18 times great nephew; directest relation to Auden
Archbishop Thomas Bourchier (I2430), Auden was his 15 times great nephew; directest relation to Auden
Cardinals
Cardinal Henry Beaufort (I2955), Auden was his first cousin 17 times removed; directest relation to Auden
Cardinal Reginald Pole (I3735), Auden was his fifth cousin 13 times removed; directest relation to Auden
Cardinal Henry Stuart (I3616), Auden was his 12th cousin seven times removed; directest relation to Auden
Other notable religious figures
Very Rev. and Hon. William Digby (I3939), Dean of Durham; directest relation to Auden
Very Rev. and Hon. Gerald Wellesley (I2001), Domestic Chaplain to Queen Victoria; directest relation to Auden
Very Rev. Henry George Liddell (I2051), Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; directest relation to Auden
Rev. Henry Mildred Birch (I78), Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, Auden was his great nephew; directest relation to Auden
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