- Æthelberht of Whithorn
Æthelberht (died 797) was a 8th century Anglo-Saxon
bishop . His consecration asBishop of Whithorn can be placed using the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle " on June 15 in either 776 or 777, and took place atYork . [ [http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/d/d-L.html ASC MS D] , s.a. 776 & 777; [http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/e/e-L.html ASC MS E] , s.a. 776 & 777; Anderson, "Scottish Annals", p. 58; 776 and 777 are marked as separate years, but the text refers to them as the same year.] In either 789, 790 or 791 he becameBishop of Hexham ; he was succeeded at Whithorn byBeadwulf . [ [http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/d/d-L.html ASC MS D] , s.a. 791; [http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/e/e-L.html ASC MS E] , s.a. 791; Anderson, "Scottish Annals", p. 58.] He died onOctober 16 797 . [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=17830 PASE] .] He is known to have corresponded withAlcuin .Notes
References
* Anderson, Alan Orr (ed.), "Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286", (London, 1908), republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) (Stamford, 1991)
* Bateson, Mary, "Pehtwine (d. 776/7)", rev. Marios Costambeys, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21751 , accessed 1 Oct 2007]External links
* [http://asc.jebbo.co.uk/ http://asc.jebbo.co.uk]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=17830 PASE]Persondata
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