Wulfheard

Wulfheard
Bishop of Hereford
Appointed between 799 and 801
Term ended between 822 and 824
Predecessor Utel
Successor Beonna
Orders
Consecration between 799 and 801
Personal details
Died between 822 and 824

Wulfheard (sometimes Wulfhard or Wulfehard; died c. 823) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. He was consecrated between 799 and 801 and died between 822 and 824.[1] In 801 he made a profession of obedience to Æthelhard, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
  2. Brooks Early History p. 125

References

  • Brooks, Nicholas (1984). The Early History of the Church of Canterbury: Christ Church from 597 to 1066. London: Leicester University Press. ISBN 0-7185-0041-5. 
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
Christian titles
Preceded by
Utel
Bishop of Hereford
c. 800–c. 823
Succeeded by
Beonna
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