Æthelberht of Whithorn

Æthelberht (died 797) was a 8th century Anglo-Saxon bishop. His consecration as Bishop of Whithorn can be placed using the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on 15 June 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 16 October 797.^[3] He is known to have corresponded with Alcuin.^[3]

Notes

^ 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.
^ ASC MS D, s.a. 791; ASC MS E, s.a. 791; Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 58.
^ ^a ^b PASE.

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

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

Bishops of Whithorn (English-period)

Pehthelm · Frithwald · Pehtwine · Æthelberht of Whithorn · Beadwulf · Heathored of Whithorn (uncertain)

Persondata
Name	Æthelberht
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Whithorn; Bishop of Hexham
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	16 October, 797
Place of death