Merewith

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Merewith
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Wells
Title Bishop of Wells
Period in office 1027–1033
Predecessor Brihtwine
Successor Dudoc
Religious career
Previous post Abbot of Glastonbury
Personal
Date of death April 1033

Merewith (or Merehwit, or Beorhtwig) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was abbot of Glastonbury Abbey[1] prior to being consecrated bishop about 1024. He died on either April 11 or April 12, 1033.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Knowle Heads of Religious Houses p. 51
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

[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. 
  • Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940-1216, Second Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3. 

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Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Brihtwine
Bishop of Wells
1027–1033
Succeeded by
Dudoc
Persondata
NAME Merewith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merehwit; Beorhtwig
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Wells, Abbot of Glastonbury
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 1033
PLACE OF DEATH