Humbertus
St Humbert | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Elmham | |
| Appointed | before 824 |
| Term ended | 845 or 856, or November 869 |
| Predecessor | Hunferthus |
| Successor | Eadwulf |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | before 824 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 845 or 856, or November 869 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Humbertus[a] was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
Humbertus was consecrated before 824.[1] Medieval hagiographies of Edmund the Martyr say that Humbertus crowned the young Edmund at Burna on Christmas Day 856.[2]
He was martyred by the Danes. His date of death is uncertain; he may have died possibly in November 869.[1]
After Humbertus, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through the Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, the sees Elmham and Dunwich had been united under Bishop Eadwulf.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Or Humbryct of Hunbeorht
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Gransden, Antonia (2004). "Edmund [St Edmund] (d. 869)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8500. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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