Aelfric (bishop)

Aelfric (bishop)

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name =Aelfric


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Hereford
Title = Bishop of Hereford
Period = c937–c960
Predecessor = Wulfhelm of Hereford
Successor =Æthelwulf
ordination =
bishops =
post =
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =c960
place of death =

Aelfric (or Ælfric) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

He was consecrated in either 934 or between 937 and 940 and died either between 949 and 958 or in 971.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 217]

Notes

References

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External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=9304 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ælfric]

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NAME=Aelfric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ælfric
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Hereford
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DATE OF DEATH=c953
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