Beorhtheah
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Beorhtheah | |
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Bishop of Worcester | |
Appointed | 1033 |
Term ended | 20 December 1038 |
Predecessor | Leofsige |
Successor | Lyfing |
Orders | |
Consecration | 1033 |
Personal details | |
Died | 20 December 1038 |
Denomination | Christian |
Beorhtheah also (Brihtheah) (died 20 December 1038) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.
Beorhtheah's family was a wealthy family from Worcester.[1] He had previously been Abbot of Pershore,[2] and was consecrated in 1033. He died on 20 December 1038.[3]
See also
- Cyneweard of Laughern, his nephew
Citations
- ^ Fleming Kings & Lords p. 33
- ^ Williams, Ann. "Odda". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20542. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
References
- Fleming, Robin (2004). Kings & Lords in Conquest England (Reprint ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52694-9.
- 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.
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