Bifus

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Bifus
Bishop of the East Angles
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of the East Angles
In office	c.669/70 – 672
Predecessor	Brigilsus
Successor	See divided into Dunwich and Elmham
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Died	unknown

Bifus or Bisi was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.

He was consecrated in 669 or 670. He resigned the see in 672. He was the last bishop of the East Angles.^[1]

Bede in his history, records that he attended the Council of Hertford in 672.^[2] When he resigned, his bishopric was divided into the sees of Dunwich and Elmham.^[3]

References

↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
↑ Kirby, ibid., p. 98.

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Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Bisi

v t e Bishops of Dunwich

Bishops of the East Angles: 7th century	Felix of Burgundy Thomas Brigilsus Bifus

Diocesan bishops of Dunwich: 7th–9th centuries	Acca Ascwulf Eardred Cuthwine Ealdbeorht I Ecglaf Eardwulf Ealdbeorht II Heardred Ælfhun Tidfrith Waormund Wilred Æthelweald

Suffragan bishops of Dunwich: 1934–present	Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton Clement Ricketts Thomas Cashmore David Maddock William Johnston Eric Devenport Jonathan Bailey Tim Stevens Clive Young

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Name	Bifus
Alternative names	Bisi
Short description	Bishop of the East Angles
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