Hræthhun Explained

Hræthhun
Bishop of Leicester
Appointed:between 814 and 816
Ended:between 839 and December 840
Predecessor:Wernbeorht
Successor:Ealdred
Consecration:between 814 and 816
Death Date:between 839 and December 840
Religion:Christian

Hræthhun (or Rethhun or Hrethhun) Bishop of Leicester, died between 839 and December 840.[1]

Hræthhun was consecrated bishop between 814 and 816. He was styled Abbot of Abingdon in a charter dated 811. However, this charter was found to be a forgery,[2] and so Kelly (2000) excluded him from the list of abbots.

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Notes and References

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. Web site: Anglo-Saxons.net : S 166.