Hræthhun (or Rethhun or Hrethhun) Bishop of Leicester, died between 839 and December 840.[1]
Hræthhun | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Leicester | |
| Appointed | between 814 and 816 |
| Term ended | between 839 and December 840 |
| Predecessor | Wernbeorht |
| Successor | Ealdred |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 814 and 816 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 839 and December 840 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Hræthhun was consecrated bishop between 814 and 816.[1] He was styled Abbot of Abingdon in a charter dated 811. However, this charter was found to be a forgery,[2] and so Kelly (2000) excluded him from the list of abbots.
Citations edit
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
- ^ "Anglo-Saxons.net : S 166".
References edit
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kelly, S. E. (2000). Charters of Abingdon, Part 1. Anglo-Saxon Charters.
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