Ceobred

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Ceobred
Bishop of Leicester
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Leicester
Term ended	c. 878 (death)
Predecessor	Ealdred
Successor	Harlardus (Bishop of Dorchester)
Orders
Consecration	betw. 839–840
Personal details
Died	betw. 869–888
Nationality	Anglo-Saxon
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Ceobred (or Ceolred) was a medieval Bishop of Leicester.

He was consecrated between 839 and 840. He died between 869 and 888.^[1] In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries.^[2]

Notes

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 232
↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 157

References

Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ceolred

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ealdred of Leicester	Bishop of Leicester c839–c878	Succeeded by Harlardus as Bishop of Dorchester

v t e Bishops of Leicester

Medieval diocesans	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester

Modern suffragans	Francis Thicknesse Lewis Clayton Norman Lang diocese created

Modern diocesans	Cyril Bardsley Guy Smith Ronald Williams Richard Rutt Tom Butler Tim Stevens

Persondata
Name	Ceobred
Alternative names	Ceolred
Short description	Bishop of Leicester
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	between 869 and 888
Place of death

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