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11th-century Bishop of Wells
Brihtwine
Bishop of Wells
ChurchCatholic
In officebefore 1024
PredecessorÆthelwine (twice)
SuccessorÆthelwine
Merewith
Personal details
Diedc. 1024

Brihtwine (or Beorhtwine) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. His consecration date is not known, but he was expelled to restore his predecessor Æthelwine, but was restored and died sometime around 1024.

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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Christian titles
Preceded byÆthelwine Bishop of Wells
c. 1023–?
Succeeded byÆthelwine
Bishop of Wells
?–before 1024
Succeeded byMerewith
Bishops of Bath and Wells
previous titles
Wells
Bath
Bath & Glastonbury
  • Savaric FitzGeldewin (previously Bishop of Bath)
  • Jocelin of Wells (became Bishop of Bath)
  • Glastonbury claim abandoned
Bath
Medieval
Early modern
Late modern


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