Ælfhun Explained

Type:Bishop
Ælfhun
Bishop of Dunwich
Religion:Christian
Appointed:between 789 and 793
Predecessor:Heardred
Successor:Tidfrith
Consecration:between 789 and 793
Death Date:c. 798

Ælfhun (or Ælphunus) was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.

Ælfhun was consecrated between 789 and 793 and died about 798.[1] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that he died at Sudbury, Suffolk and his body was carried back to Dunwich for burial.[2] A Portland stone statue of Ælfhun stands on The Croft at Sudbury, sculpted in 1999 by Alan Michlewaite.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 216.
  2. Book: Sperling, Charles Fredirick Denne . 1896 . A Short History of the Borough of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, compiled from materials collected by W. W. Hodson . Sudbury, Suffolk . B R Martin . 2.
  3. Web site: Bishop Ælfhun of Dunwich . van der Krogt . René & Peter . 25 June 2014 . statues.vanderkrogt.net . 19 June 2021.