Wigberht
For other uses, see Wilbert (disambiguation).
Wigberht | |
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Bishop of Sherborne | |
Appointed | between 793 and 801 |
Term ended | between 816 and 824 |
Predecessor | Denefrith |
Successor | Eahlstan |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 793 and 801 |
Personal details | |
Died | between 816 and 825 |
Denomination | Christian |
Wigberht (or Wigheorht or Wilbert) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.
Wigberht was consecrated between 793 and 801. He died between 816 and 825.[1] In 814 he accompanied Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury to Rome.[2]
Citations
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.
- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
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Christian titles | ||
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Preceded by Denefrith |
Bishop of Sherborne c. 797–c. 820 |
Succeeded by Eahlstan |
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