Diora

for the town in Mali see Diora, Mali

Diora
Bishop of Rochester
See	Diocese of Rochester
Appointed	between 765 and 772
Reign ended	between 781 and 785
Predecessor	Eardwulf
Successor	Waermund I
Orders
Consecration	betwee 765 and 772
Personal details
Died	between 781 and 785
Denomination	Catholic

Diora (or Deora) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Diora was consecrated between 765 and 772. He died between 781 and 785.^[1] Around 779 or so King Ethelbert granted land inside the city of Rochester to Diora and his cathedral clergy.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
2. ^ Smith "Early Community" English Historical Review p. 297

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Smith, R. A. L. (1945). "The Early Community of St. Andrew at Rochester, 604-c. 1080". The English Historical Review 60 (238): 289–299. doi:10.1093/ehr/LX.CCXXXVIII.289. 

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Deora

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Eardwulf	Bishop of Rochester c. 768–c. 783	Succeeded by Waermund I

Persondata
Name	Diora
Alternative names	Deora
Short description	Bishop of Rochester
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	circa 783
Place of death