Beorhthelm of Winchester

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Beorhthelm
Bishop of Winchester
Appointedafter 959
Term endedbefore late 963
Predecessor Ælfsige I
Successor Æthelwold I
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Beorhthelm [lower-alpha 1] was Bishop of Winchester sometime between 959, when the previous bishop became Archbishop of Canterbury, and late 963, when the next bishop was consecrated. [2]

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Notes

  1. Also Brihthelm - there is some evidence that he was the same Brihthelm who was Bishop of Selsey between 953 and 963. [1]

Citations

  1. Foot. The Bishops of Selsey. p. 99
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223

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