Ealdbeorht II

Ealdbeorht (or Alberthus or Ealdberht) may have been a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.

Ealdbeorht II
Bishop of Dunwich
ChurchCatholic
In office(?) some time after 747 to some time before 781
PredecessorEardwulf
SuccessorHeardred of Dunwich
Orders
Consecrationbetween 747 and 775
Personal details
Diedbetween 775 and 781

According to Powick and Fryde (2nd ed., 1961) Ealdbeorht was in office as bishop of Dunwich in 775, having succeeded Eardwulf some time after 747, and in turn being succeeded by Heardred some time before 781.[1]

However, he is not included in the list of bishops in the third edition of the book (1986), where no entry intervenes between Eardwulf and Heardred.[2]. Nor was he included in the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.

It would seem that whatever source was previously thought to imply his existence is now no longer thought to do so.

Citations

  1. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
  2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. Handbook of British Chronology 3rd ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1986], p.216
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References

  • Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
Christian titles
Preceded by
Eardwulf
Bishop of Dunwich
between 747 and 781
Succeeded by
Heardred of Dunwich
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