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Bifus
Bishop of the East Angles
ChurchChristian
Appointed669 or 670
Term ended672
PredecessorBrigilsus
SuccessorSee divided into Dunwich and Elmham
Orders
Consecration669 or 670
Personal details
Diedunknown

Bifus or Bisi was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.

Bifus was consecrated in 669 or 670. He resigned the see in 672. He was the last bishop of the East Angles.[1]

Bede in his history, records that he attended the Council of Hertford in 672.[2] When he resigned, his bishopric was divided into the sees of Dunwich and Elmham.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
  3. ^ Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.