Thomas | |
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Bishop of the East Angles | |
Appointed | between 647 and 648 |
Term ended | between 652 and 653 |
Predecessor | Felix |
Successor | Brigilsus |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 647 and 648 by Honorius of Canterbury |
Personal details | |
Died | between 652 and 653 |
Denomination | Christian |
Thomas was an early medieval Bishop of the East Angles. He was consecrated between 647 and 648 and died between 652 and 653. He was bishop for five years.
Bede described Thomas as having been "from the province of the Gyrwas" and deacon to Felix of Burgundy.
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History, iii, 20.
External links
Medieval Bishops of the East Angles and of Dunwich | |
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Bishops of the East Angles | |
Bishops of Dunwich | |
For the modern suffragan bishops, see Bishop of Dunwich |
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