Werferth

Werferth

Werferth

9th and 10th-century Bishop of Worcester

Werferth[lower-alpha 1] was an English bishop of Worcester.

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Charter S 1281 dated 904, grant of Bishop Werferth to his reeve, Wulfsige

Werferth was consecrated either in 872 or between 869 and 872.[1] A contemporary and friend of Alfred the Great, he was a significant translator, from Latin into Old English. His translations include the Dialogues of Gregory, commissioned by Alfred.[2] He died either in 915 or between 907 and 915.[1]

Notes

  1. Also Wærferth, Werfrith, or Waerfrith

Citations

  1. [1]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
  2. [2]
    Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign accessed on 6 September 2007

References

  • Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign accessed on 6 September 2007
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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