Birthelm

Birthelm

Infobox Archbishop of Canterbury
Full name = Birthelm


birth_name =
began=unknown
consecration = never consecrated
term_end = Winter 959
predecessor = Aelfsige
successor = Dunstan
birth_date = unknown
birthplace =
death_date = 15 May 973
deathplace =
tomb =

Birthelm, (or Beorhthelm or Byrhthelm) was the bishop of Wells and was appointed to be the 27th archbishop of Canterbury in 959. A monk from Glastonbury Abbey, he served as Bishop of Wells beginning in 956, then was translated to Canterbury in 959.

In October of 959, King Edwy died and his brother Edgar was readily accepted as ruler of the Kingdom of Wessex. One of the last acts of Edwy had been to appoint a successor to Archbishop Oda, who died on 2 June 958. First he appointed Aelfsige of Winchester, but he perished of cold in the Alps as he journeyed to Rome for the pallium. In his place Edwy nominated Brithelm. As soon as Edgar became king he reversed this act on the ground that Brithelm had not been able to even govern the diocese of Bath properly. Edgar said that Birthelm was too gentle to maintain discipline, and was replaced with Saint Dunstan.Stenton "Anglo-Saxon England" p. 367] He returned to Wells, where he served until he died on 15 May 973.Fryde, et. al. "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 222]

Notes

References

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* Stenton, F. M. "Anglo-Saxon England" Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5

External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=11291 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England: Beorhthelm]

Persondata
NAME=Birthelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Beorhthelm; Byrhthelm
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Wells; Archbishop of Canterbury
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=15 May, 973
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