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Byrhthelm (died 973) was the
Bishop of
Wells and
briefly the
archbishop of Canterbury. A monk from
Glastonbury Abbey, he
served as
Bishop of
Wells beginning...
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Beorhthelm (also Brihthelm, Brithelm, Brithelmus, Birthelm, Birhelm,
Byrhthelm, Bertelin, Bettelin, or Bertram) is an Anglo-Saxon male
given name. Beorhthelm...
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Bishop of Wells,
Byrhthelm. As soon as
Edgar became king, he
reversed this
second choice on the
ground that
Byrhthelm had not been able to govern...
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archbishop (b. 850) 926 –
Zhuang Zong,
Chinese emperor (b. 885) 973 –
Byrhthelm,
bishop of
Wells 1036 – Go-Ichijō,
emperor of ****an (b. 1008) 1157 – Yuri...
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enthroned as
Archbishop of
Canterbury but dies en
route to Rome.
Byrhthelm enthroned as
Archbishop of Canterbury. 1
October – King Edy dies and is...
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Wulfred Feologild Ceolnoth Æthelred
Plegmund Athelm Wulfhelm Oda Ælfsige
Byrhthelm Dunstan Æthelgar
Sigeric Ælfric of
Abingdon Ælfheah
Lyfing Æthelnoth Eadsige...
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given his
pallium by Pope John XII. In his
place King
Eadwig nominated Byrhthelm. Ælfsige's will
survives and
shows that he was married, with a son, Godwine...
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Province Canterbury Installed c. 973 or 974 Term
ended 975
Predecessor Byrhthelm Successor Sigar Personal details Died 28 June 975
Previous post(s) Abbot...
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pallium from the Pope.
Byrhthelm,
Bishop of Wells, was Eadwig's
second choice, but when
Edgar succeeded, he
dismissed Byrhthelm on the
ground that he was...
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nobleman May 7 – Otto I,
emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire (b. 912) May 15 –
Byrhthelm,
bishop of
Wells (Somerset) July 4 –
Ulrich (or Oldarici),
bishop of Augsburg...
