Wulfhere of York
Wulfhere | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of York | |
_obverse.jpg) Copper styca of Wulfhere | |
| Appointed | 854 |
| Term ended | 892 or 900 |
| Predecessor | Wigmund |
| Successor | Æthelbald |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 854 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wulfhere |
| Died | 892 or 900 |
Wulfhere (died c. 900) was Archbishop of York between 854 and 900.
Life
Wulfhere was consecrated in 854.[1]
In 867 the Danes attacked York, and captured it. Wulfhere made peace with the invaders and stayed in York.[2]
In 872, the Northumbrians rebelled against the Danes and their collaborators, and Wulfhere fled York.[3] Eventually he found refuge with King Burgred of Mercia.[4][5]
Wulfhere was recalled in 873, and continued in York until his death in 892 or 900.[1] After his death, the see remained vacant for eight years.[6]
Citations
References
- Abels, Richard Philip (1998). Alfred the Great: War, Kingship, and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-04047-7.
- Brooke, C. N. L. (1999). "York Minster from the Ninth to the early Thirteenth Centuries". Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe. London: Hambledon Press. pp. 37–68. ISBN 1-85285-183-X.
- 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.
- Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
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