Bertwald of Ramsbury

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Bertwald
Bishop of Ramsbury
Appointed1005
Term ended22 April 1045
PredecessorAelfric
SuccessorHerman
Personal details
Died22 April 1045
DenominationChristian

Bertwald of Ramsbury[a] was an 11th-century Bishop of Ramsbury and saint.

Life[]

Bertwald became a monk at Glastonbury Abbey[1] and was appointed Bishop of Ramsbury in 1005.[2] He is mostly known from the witness lists of King Cnut's charters which show he was in high favour with the Danish monarch.[3] He died on 22 April 1045[2] and was buried at Glastonbury.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Otherwise Britwold of Glastonbury and sometimes Beorhtwald

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b James P. Carley, David Townsend, Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey. An Edition, Translation And Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates (Eastbourne 2009) p.279 n. 45
  2. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
  3. ^ Hunt, William (1901). The English Church from its Foundation to the Norman Conquest (597-1066. Macmillan.

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.
  • John of Glastonbury (2009). Carley, James P.; Townsend, David (eds.). Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey. An Edition, Translation And Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates. Eastbourne.

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Preceded by Bishop of Ramsbury
995–1045 		Succeeded by
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