Æthelberht of Whithorn

Æthelberht (Old English: Æðelberht; died 797) was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop. His consecration as Bishop of Whithorn can be placed using the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on 15 June in either 776 or 777, and took place at York.[1] In 789, 790 or 791 he became Bishop of Hexham; he was succeeded at Whithorn by Beadwulf.[2] He died on 16 October 797.[3] He is known to have corresponded with Alcuin.[3]

Æthelberht of Whithorn
Bishop of Hexham
DioceseDiocese of Hexham (ancient)
In officec. 790  797 (death)
PredecessorTilbeorht
SuccessorHeardred
Other postsBishop of Whithorn (776 or 767  c.790)
Orders
Consecration15 June, in 776 or 777
Personal details
Died(797-10-16)16 October 797
DenominationCatholic

Citations

  1. ASC MS D, s.a. 776 & 777; ASC MS E, s.a. 776 & 777; Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 58; 776 and 777 are marked as separate years, but the text refers to them as the same year.
  2. ASC MS D, s.a. 791; ASC MS E, s.a. 791; Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 58.
  3. "Æthelberht 10". Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.
gollark: Shoes contain feet and often socks.
gollark: They are easily removable mostly.
gollark: shoes are not attached to legs.
gollark: > I have no concept of feetThe things attached to your legs which interface with the ground?
gollark: It's 2/3 as many metres as PotatOS would be if you somehow turned it into a mountain with one metre per line of non-external code.

References

  • Anderson, Alan Orr (ed.), Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908), republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) (Stamford, 1991)
  • Bateson, Mary, "Pehtwine (d. 776/7)", rev. Marios Costambeys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 1 Oct 2007
Christian titles
Preceded by
Pehtwine
Bishop of Whithorn
776 × 767  789 × 791
Succeeded by
Beadwulf
Preceded by
Tilberht
Bishop of Hexham
789 × 791  797
Succeeded by
Heardred

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