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Ceobred
Bishop of Leicester
Appointedbetween December 840 and 844
Term endedbetween 869 and 888
Predecessor Ealdred
Successor Harlardus ( Bishop of Dorchester)
Orders
Consecrationbetween December 840 and 844
Personal details
Diedbetween 869 and 888
DenominationChristian

Ceobred (or Ceolred) was a medieval Bishop of Leicester.

Ceobred was consecrated between December 840 and 844. He died between 869 and 888. [1] In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries. [2]

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 157

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.
  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN  0-415-24211-8.

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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Leicester
c. 842–c. 878
Succeeded byas Bishop of Dorchester