Humbertus

St Humbert
St Humbert
Bishop of Elmham
Appointed	before 824
Term ended	845 or 856, or November 869
Predecessor	Hunferthus
Successor	Eadwulf
Orders
Consecration	before 824
Personal details
Died	845 or 856, or November 869
Denomination	Christian

Humbertus^[a] was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.

Humbertus was consecrated before 824.^[1] He was martyred by the Danes, and later venerated as Saint Humbert.^{[citation needed]} His death is uncertain; he may have died 845 or 856, or possibly in November 869.^[1]

After Humbertus, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through the Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, the sees Elmham and Dunwich had been united under Bishop Eadwulf.

Notes[]

^ Or Humbryct of Hunbeorht

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links[]

Humberht 4 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Hunferthus	Bishop of Elmham before 824-after 845	Succeeded by Eadwulf

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[1] Or Humbryct of Hunbeorht

[HBOBC-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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St Humbert
Bishop of Elmham
Appointed	before 824
Term ended	845 or 856, or November 869
Predecessor	Hunferthus
Successor	Eadwulf
Orders
Consecration	before 824
Personal details
Died	845 or 856, or November 869
Denomination	Christian