Ceobred

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Ceobred
Bishop of Dorchester
)
Orders
Consecrationbetween December 840 and 844
Personal details
Diedbetween 869 and 888
DenominationChristian

Ceobred (or Ceolred) was a medieval

Bishop of Leicester
.

Ceobred was consecrated between December 840 and 844. He died between 869 and 888.[1] In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 157

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. .
  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. .

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Christian titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Leicester

c. 842–c. 878
Succeeded by
Bishop of Dorchester