Brihtmær

Brihtmær
Brihtmær
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed	before 1026
Term ended	1039
Predecessor	Leofgar
Successor	Wulfsige
Orders
Consecration	before 1026
Personal details
Died	1039

Brihtmær^[a] (died 1039) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Brihtmær was consecrated sometime before about 1026 and died in 1039.^[1] He was appointed by Cnut the Great, king of England, and nothing is known of why he was chosen or of his background.^[2]

Notes

^ Or Brihtmar or Beorhtmaer or Brithmar

Citations

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
^ Lawson Cnut p. 136

References

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.
Lawson, M. K. (2000). Cnut: England's Viking King. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing, Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2964-7.

External links

Beorhtmær 15 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Leofgar	Bishop of Lichfield c. 1023–1039	Succeeded by Wulfsige

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[1] Or Brihtmar or Beorhtmaer or Brithmar

[Handbook219-2] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219

[Cnut136-3] Lawson Cnut p. 136

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