What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy, who was taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987?
1984 Libyan hostage incident rest of the world. Summer 1984 In London, a committee in parliament was held to determine whether or not what the British government had done over the Libyan hostage situation was reasonable. The committee concluded that in the circumstances, the British government had done all it reasonably could in the light of what little was known at the time. 7 August 1984 The Libyans allowed family members to visit the hostages. These visits brought unofficial news of the, as yet, publicly undisclosed involvement of Terry Waite, the Special Envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, of the Church of England. 1
Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury) in Canterbury Cathedral, near the altar of St. Martin. The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" called him "a sagacious man, both before God and before the world". Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury) Lyfing (died 12 June 1020) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury. Lyfing was born "Ælfstan" and took his ecclesiastical name from "leof-carus" (= "darling"). Lyfing was abbot of Chertsey Abbey from about 989. He became Bishop of Wells in 998 or 999, and in 1013 King Æthelred the Unready appointed him to the see of Canterbury. Lyfing was taken captive by Vikings and held prisoner for a time,