Putta (bishop of Hereford)

Putta (bishop of Hereford)

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name = Putta


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Hereford
Title = Bishop of Hereford
Period = 676–c682
Predecessor = new diocese
Successor =Thyrtell
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bishops = Bishop of Rochester
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date of birth =
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Putta, bishop of Rochester (c669–676) and probable first bishop of Hereford (676–sometime between 676 and 688). Some modern historians say that the two Putta's were separate individuals.Sims-Williams [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22912 "Putta (d. c.688)"] "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"]

Bede says that in 676, Putta was driven from Rochester by King Æthelred of Mercia,Smith "Early Community" "English Historical Review" p. 295] or perhaps abandoning it,Brooks "Early History of the Church of Canterbury" p. 73] he fixed himself at Hereford (said to have been the centre of a diocese as early as the 6th century) and refounded Hereford Cathedral. He is thus recorded as Bishop of Uuestor Elih and may not have actually held the office of Bishop of Hereford, although was considered to have done so by c.800.Fact|date=May 2008 After he left Rochester, Theodore of Tarsus, the Archbishop of Canterbury appointed Cwichelm as bishop of that see.

The medieval chronicler Bede says he learned Roman Chant from students of Pope Gregory the Great, and later taught this to the Mercians.Kirby "Making of Early England" p. 210] Blair "World of Bede" p. 170] The modern historian Henry Mayr-Harting describes Putta as "a mild old music master".Mayr-Harting "Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England" p. 131]

The usual dates given for his time at Rochester are sometime tenatively thought to have been about 669 until 676.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 221] His time at Hereford is considered to have started in 676 and ended sometime between 676 and 688.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 217]

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* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=864 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Putta]

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