Trumhere

Trumhere

Trumhere

7th-century Bishop of Mercia

Trumhere (or Thumhere; died c. 662) was a medieval Bishop of Mercia.

Quick Facts Appointed, Term ended ...

Trumhere probably was consecrated about 658 and died about 662.[1] He was born in England but was educated in Ireland.[2] He was the first abbot of Gilling Abbey, which had been founded on land donated by King Oswiu of Northumbria as penance for the death of King Oswine of Deira. Trumhere was related to both Oswine and Queen Eanfled, wife of Oswiu and who was the actual founder of the monastery. When Trumhere was elected as a bishop, he was consecrated by a Celtic bishop.[3]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
  2. [2]
    Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 120
  3. [3]
    Mayr-Harting Coming of Christianity pp. 106–107

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.
  • Mayr-Harting, Henry (1991). The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-00769-9.
  • Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
More information Christian titles ...


Stub icon 1

This article about an English bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Trumhere, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.