Æthelberht of Whithorn

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

[edit] Notes

  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. ^ a b PASE.

[edit] 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

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Religious 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
Persondata
NAME Æthelberht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Whithorn; Bishop of Hexham
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 797
PLACE OF DEATH