Conan of Cornwall

Conan of Cornwall
Conan
Bishop of Cornwall
Church Roman Catholic
See Diocese of Cornwall
In Office c931–937X955
Predecessor Æthelgeard
Successor Daniel of Cornwall
Personal details
Died between 937 and 955

Conan was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

He was nominated about 926 by King Athelstan.[1] He was consecrated before 931. He died between 937 and 955.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Barlow English Church 100-1066 p. 211
  2. ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 218

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. 
  • Powicke, F. Maurice & Fryde, E. B. (1961) Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London: Royal Historical Society

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Æthelgeard
Bishop of Cornwall
c931–c940
Succeeded by
Daniel of Cornwall



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