Brihtmær

Brihtmær

Brihtmær

11th-century Bishop of Lichfield

This article is about the Bishop of Lichfield. For the Bishop of Dorchester sometimes called Brihtmær (or similar), see Æthelric (Bishop of Dorchester).

Brihtmær[lower-alpha 1] (died 1039) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

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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

  1. Or Brihtmar or Beorhtmaer or Brithmar

Citations

  1. [1]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. [2]
    Lawson Cnut p. 136

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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