Bosel

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name =Bosel


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Worcester
Title = Bishop of Worcester
Period = 680–691
Predecessor = new foundation
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date of death =after 691
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Bosel was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

He was consecrated bishop in 680. In c. 685, Bosel founded the Royal Grammar School Worcester (now RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School), which is the oldest school of its type in the United Kingdom.Fact|date=October 2007 He was also the head of Worcester Cathedral when it was founded.

He resigned the see in 691 and died sometime after that date.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 260]

ee also

* List of Bishops of Worcester
* RGS Worcester
* RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School
* Worcester Cathedral

Notes

References

* 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=1559 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Bosel]

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