Brihtmær
Appearance
Brihtmær | |
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Bishop of Lichfield | |
Appointed | before 1026 |
Term ended | 1039 |
Predecessor | Leofgar |
Successor | Wulfsige |
Orders | |
Consecration | before 1026 |
Personal details | |
Died | 1039 |
Brihtmær[a] (died 1039) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.
Brihtmær was consecrated sometime before about 1026 and died in 1039.[1] He was appointed by Cnut the Great, king of England, and nothing is known of why he was chosen or of his background.[2]
Notes
- ^ Or Brihtmar or Beorhtmaer or Brithmar
Citations
References
- 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.
- Lawson, M. K. (2000). Cnut: England's Viking King. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing, Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2964-7.
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