Merewith

Merewith
Bishop of Wells
See	Diocese of Wells
Elected	circa 1024
Reign ended	April 1033
Predecessor	Brihtwine
Successor	Duduc
Other posts	Abbot of Glastonbury
Personal details
Died	April 1033
Denomination	Catholic

Merewith (Brihtwig or Merehwit or Beorhtwig or Brihtwig Merewit^[1]) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was abbot of Glastonbury Abbey^[2] prior to being consecrated bishop about 1024. He died on either 11 April or 12 April 1033.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 72
2. ^ Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 51
3. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

References

• Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1000–1066: A History of the Later Anglo-Saxon Church (Second ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-49049-9. 
• 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. 
• Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216 (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3. 

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Beorhtwig

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Brihtwine	Bishop of Wells c. 1024–1033	Succeeded by Duduc

Persondata
Name	Merewith
Alternative names	Merehwit; Beorhtwig
Short description	Bishop of Wells, Abbot of Glastonbury
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1033
Place of death

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