Ealdbeorht II explained

Type:Bishop
Ealdbeorht II
Bishop of Dunwich
Church:Catholic
Term:(?) some time after 747 to some time before 781
Term End:between 775 and 781
Predecessor:Eardwulf
Successor:Heardred of Dunwich
Consecration:between 747 and 775
Death Date:between 775 and 781

Ealdbeorht (or Alberthus or Ealdberht) may have been a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.

According to Powicke and Fryde (2nd ed., 1961) Ealdbeorht was in office as bishop of Dunwich in 775, having succeeded Eardwulf some time after 747, and in turn being succeeded by Heardred some time before 781.[1]

However, he is not included in the list of bishops in the third edition of the book (1986), where no entry intervenes between Eardwulf and Heardred.[2] Nor was he included in the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.

It would seem that whatever source was previously thought to imply his existence is now no longer thought to do so.

References

Notes and References

  1. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
  2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. Handbook of British Chronology 3rd ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1986