Diora Explained

Diora
Religion:	Christian
Bishop of Rochester
Appointed:	between 765 and 772
Ended:	between 781 and 785
Predecessor:	Eardwulf
Successor:	Waermund I
Consecration:	between 765 and 772
Death Date:	between 781 and 785

Diora (or Deora) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Diora was consecrated between 765 and 772. He died between 781 and 785.^[1] Around 779 or so King Ethelbert granted land inside the city of Rochester to Diora and his cathedral clergy.^[2]

References

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Smith . R. A. L. . 1945 . The Early Community of St. Andrew at Rochester, 604-c. 1080 . . 60 . 238 . 289–299 . 10.1093/ehr/LX.CCXXXVIII.289.

Notes and References

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
2. Smith "Early Community" English Historical Review p. 297