Werferth

Werferth

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name =Werferth


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Worcester
Title = Bishop of Worcester
Period = 873–915
Predecessor = Ealhhun
Successor =Æthelhun
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bishops =
post =
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =915
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Werferth (Wærferth, Werfrith, or Waerfrith) was an English bishop of Worcester, from 873 to 915.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 260] 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. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/211/0609.html Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign] accessed on September 6, 2007]

ee also

* List of Bishops of Worcester

Notes

References

* [http://www.bartleby.com/211/0609.html Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign] accessed on September 6, 2007
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=9101 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Wærfrith]

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DATE OF DEATH=915
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