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Wigberht

Wigberht was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.

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Wigberht
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointedbetween 793 and 801
Term endedbetween 816 and 824
PredecessorDenefrith
SuccessorEahlstan
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Consecrationbetween 793 and 801
Personal details
Diedbetween 816 and 825
DenominationChristian

Wigberht (or Wigbeorht 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

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
  2. Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 152
References

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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