Putta (bishop of Hereford)
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| Denomination | Catholic |
|---|---|
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of Hereford |
| Title | Bishop of Hereford |
| Period in office | 676–c682 |
| Predecessor | new diocese |
| Successor | Thyrtell |
| Religious career | |
| Previous bishoprics | Bishop of Rochester |
| Personal | |
See Putta for other men of this name.
Putta, bishop of Rochester (c669–676) and probable first bishop of Hereford (676–sometime between 676 and 688).[1] Some modern historians say that the two Putta's were separate individuals.[2]
Upon being driven from Rochester by King Æthelred of Mercia,[citation needed] or perhaps abandoning it,[3] he fixed himself at Hereford (said to have been the centre of a diocese as early as the 6th century) and refounded Hereford Cathedral. He is thus recorded as Bishop of Uuestor Elih and may not have actually held the office of Bishop of Hereford, although was considered to have done so by c.800.[citation needed] After he left Rochester, Theodore of Tarsus, the Archbishop of Canterbury appointed Cwichelm as bishop of that see.[3]
The medieval chronicler Bede says he learned Roman Chant from students of Pope Gregory the Great, and later taught this to the Mercians.[4][5] The modern historian Henry Mayr-Harting describes Putta as "a mild old music master".[6]
The usual dates given for his time at Rochester are sometime tenatively thought to have been about 669 until 676.[1] His time at Hereford is considered to have started in 676 and ended sometime between 676 and 688.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
- ^ Sims-Williams "Putta (d. c.688)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 73
- ^ Kirby Making of Early England p. 210
- ^ Blair World of Bede p. 170
- ^ Mayr-Harting Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England p. 131
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
[edit] References
- Blair, Peter Hunter (1990). The World of Bede, Reprint of 1970 edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39819-3.
- Brooks, Nicholas (1984). The Early History of the Church of Canterbury: Christ Church from 597 to 1066. London: Leicester University Press. ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- 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.
- Kirby, D. P. (1967). The Making of Early England, Reprint edition, New York: Schocken Books.
- Mayr-Harting, Henry (1991). The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-00769-9.
- Sims-Williams, Patrick (2004). "Putta (d. c.688)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
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| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Damianus |
Bishop of Rochester c669–676 |
Succeeded by Cwichelm |
| Preceded by diocese created |
Bishop of Hereford 676–c682 |
Succeeded by Thyrtell |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Putta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Rochester;Bishop of Hereford |
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| DATE OF DEATH | |
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