Bertwald of Ramsbury explained
Bertwald of Ramsbury was an 11th-century Bishop of Ramsbury and saint.
Life
Bertwald became a monk at Glastonbury Abbey and was appointed Bishop of Ramsbury in 1005.[1] He is mostly known from the witness lists of King Cnut's charters which show he was in high favour with the Danish monarch.[2] He died on 22 April 1045[1] and was buried at Glastonbury.[3]
References
- Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
- Book: John of Glastonbury . Carley, James P. . Townsend, David . Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey. An Edition, Translation And Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates . Eastbourne . 2009.
External links
Notes and References
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
- Book: Hunt. William. The English Church from its Foundation to the Norman Conquest (597-1066. 1901. Macmillan.
- 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
