Diora

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Diora
Bishop of Rochester
See Diocese of Rochester
Appointed between 765 and 772
Term ended between 781 and 785
Predecessor Eardwulf
Successor Waermund I
Orders
Consecration between 765 and 772
Personal details
Died between 781 and 785
Denomination Catholic

Diora (or Deora) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Diora was consecrated between 765 and 772. He died between 781 and 785.[1] Around 779 or so King Ethelbert granted land inside the city of Rochester to Diora and his cathedral clergy.[2]

Notes

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
  2. Smith "Early Community" English Historical Review p. 297

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
  • Smith, R. A. L. (1945). "The Early Community of St. Andrew at Rochester, 604-c. 1080". The English Historical Review 60 (238): 289–299. doi:10.1093/ehr/LX.CCXXXVIII.289. 

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Eardwulf
Bishop of Rochester
c. 768–c. 783
Succeeded by
Waermund I
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