Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) explained

Type:Bishop
Thomas
Bishop of the East Angles
Religion:Christian
Appointed:between 647 and 648
Term End:between 652 and 653
Predecessor:Felix
Consecration:between 647 and 648
Successor:Brigilsus
Consecrated By:Honorius of Canterbury
Death Date:between 652 and 653

Thomas was an early medieval Bishop of the East Angles. He was consecrated between 647 and 648 and died between 652 and 653.[1] He was bishop for five years.[2]

Bede described Thomas as having been "from the province of the Gyrwas" and deacon to Felix of Burgundy.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 216.
  2. Book: Kirby, D. P. . The Earliest English Kings . Routledge . New York . 2000 . 0-415-24211-8 . 66.
  3. Bede, Ecclesiastical History, iii, 20.