Editing Athelm (section)

==Archbishopric==

Between August 923 and September 925 he became archbishop.<ref name=Handbook214>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 214</ref>{{efn|[[Janet Nelson]] states that he became archbishop in 923.<ref name=Nelson126>Nelson "First Use" ''Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters'' p. 126</ref>}} His translation from the see of Wells set a precedent for the future, and marks a break with historical practice. Previously the moving of a bishop from one see to another had been held to be against canon, or ecclesiastical, law. Recently, however, the popes had themselves been translated, and this practice was to become common in England after Athelm's time.<ref name=Brooks214>Brooks ''Early History of the Church of Canterbury'' pp. 214–216</ref> He was West Saxon, unlike his predecessor, [[Plegmund]], who was Mercian, reflecting the shift in power to [[Wessex]].<ref name=Nelson124>Nelson "First Use" ''Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters'' pp. 124–126</ref> Athelm was a paternal uncle of [[Dunstan]],<ref name=DNB/> who later became Archbishop of Canterbury. It was Athelm who brought Dunstan to the king's court.<ref name=ASE446>Stenton ''Anglo-Saxon England'' p. 446</ref>

Athelm presided at the coronation of King [[Athelstan of England]] on 4 September 925, and probably composed or organised the new ''Ordo'' (order of service) in which for the first time the king wore a crown instead of a helmet. He also attested the king's first grant to [[St Augustine's Abbey]] in Canterbury.<ref name=Nelson124/> It is unclear if the reason that no coins were minted with his name was his short term of office or a change in policy towards the Archbishop of Canterbury minting coins in his own name. Nothing else is known of Athelm's brief time as archbishop.<ref name=Brooks214/>