Beorhtheah

Beorhtheah
Bishop of Worcester
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Worcester
In Office	1033–1038
Predecessor	Leofsige
Successor	Lyfing
Personal details
Died	20 December 1038

Beorhtheah also (Brihtheah) (died 20 December 1038) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

His family was a wealthy family from Worcester.^[1] He had previously been Abbot of Pershore,^[2] and was consecrated in 1033. He died on 20 December 1038.^[3]

Notes

^ Fleming Kings & Lords p. 33
^ Williams, Ann, "Odda", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20542
^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 260

References

Fleming, Robin (2004). Kings & Lords in Conquest England (Reprint ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52694-9.
Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Beorhtheah

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Leofsige	Bishop of Worcester 1033–1038	Succeeded by Lyfing

Persondata
Name	Beorhtheah
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Worcester
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	20 December 1038
Place of death

Beorhtheah

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