High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Deusdedit (died c. 664), perhaps originally named Frithona, Frithuwine or Frithonas, was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury. By birth an Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop in 655 and held the office for more than nine years until his death, probably from the plague. Deusdedit`s successor as archbishop was one of his priests at Canterbury. There is some controversy over the exact date of Deusdedit`s death, owing to discrepancies in the medieval written work that records his life. Little is known about his episcopate, but he was considered to be a saint after his demise. A saint`s life was written after his relics were moved from their original burial place in 1091.