Merewith
Merewith | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Wells | |
| Elected | c. 1024 |
| Term ended | April 1033 |
| Predecessor | Brihtwine |
| Successor | Duduc |
| Other post(s) | Abbot of Glastonbury |
| Personal details | |
| Died | April 1033 |
Merewith (Brihtwig or Merehwit or Beorhtwig or Brihtwig Merewit[1]) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was abbot of Glastonbury Abbey[2] prior to being consecrated bishop about 1024. He died on either 11 April or 12 April 1033.[3]
Citations
References
- Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1000–1066: A History of the Later Anglo-Saxon Church (Second ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-49049-9.
- 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.
- Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216 (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
External links
- Beorhtwig 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England; also Merehwit 1 (a redirect)
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