Wigberht

For other uses, see Wigbert (disambiguation).

Wigberht
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointed	between 793 and 801
Term ended	between 816 and 824
Predecessor	Denefrith
Successor	Eahlstan
Orders
Consecration	between 793 and 801
Personal details
Died	between 816 and 825
Denomination	Christian

Wigberht (or Wigbeorht or Wilbert) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.

Wigberht was consecrated between 793 and 801. He died between 816 and 825. ^[1] In 814 he accompanied Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury to Rome. ^[2]

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
2. Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 152

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
• Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN   0-415-24211-8.

External links

• Wigberht 5 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Denefrith	Bishop of Sherborne c. 797–c. 820	Succeeded by Eahlstan