Brigilsus

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Brigilsus
Bishop of the East Angles
Appointedbetween 652 and 653
Term endedc. 669 and 670
Predecessor Thomas
Successor Bifus
Orders
Consecrationbetween 652 and 653
Personal details
Diedc. 669 or 670
DenominationChristian

Brigilsus [lower-alpha 1] was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.

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Brigilsus was consecrated between 652 and 653. He died about 669 or 670. [1] He was consecrated by Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury. [2]

Notes

  1. Or Beorhtgils or Berhtgils or Boniface

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. p. 66. ISBN   0-415-24211-8.