Adalbert (bishop of Orkney)
Adalbert (fl. 1043 x 1072) was an 11th-century prelate. Having been consecrated elsewhere, he is said by the Saxon writer Adam of Bremen to have been sent to become Bishop of Orkney by his namesake, Adalbert, Archbishop of Hamburg.[1] He is mentioned as the successor of Bishop John.[2]
Adam of Bremen relates that a cleric called Albert was established as the first bishop in Trondheim, an event datable to some point between 1067 and 1093. It is possible that Adalbert and Albert are the same men.[3]
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Preceded by John |
Bishop of Orkney 1043 x 1072 |
Succeeded by Radulf |
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References
- Crawford, Barbara E. (1996), "Bishops of Orkney in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Bibliography and Biographical List", Innes Review: The Journal of the Scottish Catholic Historical Association 47 (1): 1–13, ISSN 0020-157X
- Tschan, Francis J.; Reuter, Timothy, eds. (2002), History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen/ Adam of Bremen, Records of Western Civilization, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-12575-5
- Watt, D. E. R.; Murray, A. L., eds. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 25 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-19-8, ISSN 0143-9448