Aelfric (bishop)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aelfric
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Hereford
Title Bishop of Hereford
Period in office c937–c960
Predecessor Wulfhelm of Hereford
Successor Æthelwulf
Personal
Date of death c960

Aelfric (or Ælfric) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

He was consecrated in either 934 or between 937 and 940 and died either between 949 and 958 or in 971.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 217

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

Religious titles
Preceded by
Wulfhelm of Hereford
Bishop of Hereford
c937–c960
Succeeded by
Æthelwulf
Persondata
NAME Aelfric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ælfric
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Hereford
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH c953
PLACE OF DEATH