Eolla Explained

Eolla
Religion:Christian
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed:716 or 717
Ended:between 716 and 731
Predecessor:Eadbeorht
Successor:Sigga
Other Post:Abbot of Selsey
Death Date:between 716 and 731

Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, was the successor of Eadberht, and seems to have previously been Abbot of Selsey, as he witnessed a charter[1] of NoĆ°helm together with Osric and Eadberht. He seems to have succeeded as bishop in either 716 or 717. His date of death is sometime between 716 and 731.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+44 Anglo-Saxons.net Charter S44
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221