Frithubeorht

Frithubeorht (or Frithbert, Frithuberht, Latin: Frithubertus) was an eighth century medieval Bishop of Hexham.

Frithubeorht Frithbert
Bishop of Hexham
The reredos at Hexham Abbey. Firthbert is shown second from the right.
Appointed	before 8 September 734
Term ended	23 December 766
Predecessor	Acca
Successor	Eahlmund
Orders
Consecration	8 September 734
Personal details
Died	23 December 766
Denomination	Christian

As the successor of Acca as Bishop of Hexham, Frithubeorht was consecrated on 8 September 734 by Archbishop Ecgbert.[1] As the seventh Bishop of Hexham,[2] Frithbert served as bishop for a lengthy thirty-four years until his death. In 750, when Cynewulf - the Bishop of Lindisfarne - was imprisoned, Frithbert also administered the church of Lindisfarne.[3] He died on 23 December 766,[4] the same year as Ecgbert. Bede praised Firthbert as a "truly faithful bishop."[5] More recently, the historian John Godfrey, described Firthbert as an "undistinguished prelate."[6]

Frithbert's relics were re-discovered at Hexham in 1154.[7]

Citations

1. William Stubbs (26 September 2013). Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum: An Attempt to Exhibit the Course of Episcopal Succession in England from the Records and Chronicles of the Church. Cambridge University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-108-06119-3.
2. Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall (1 September 2017). Orthodox Saints of the British Isles: Volume IV — October – December. St. Eadfrith Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-5427-1822-6.
3. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p.606.
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
5. https://www.normandyhistorians.co.uk/downloads/bede.pdf
6. John Godfrey (2009). The Church in Anglo-Saxon England. Cambridge University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-521-05089-0.
7. Terry Jones (13 February 2013). "Saint Frithbert of Hexham". CatholicSaints.Info. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

• Frithuberht 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Acca	Bishop of Hexham 734–766	Succeeded by Eahlmund