Bertwald | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ramsbury | |
| Appointed | 1005 |
| Term ended | 22 April 1045 |
| Predecessor | Aelfric |
| Successor | Herman |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 22 April 1045 |
| Denomination | Christian |
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
- ^ Otherwise Britwold of Glastonbury and sometimes Beorhtwald
Citations
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
- ^ 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.
External links
- Beorhtwald 19 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
| Christian titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Aelfric | Bishop of Ramsbury 995–1045 | Succeeded by Herman |