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Biographical illustrations of Worcestershire
Biographical illustrations of Worcestershire Author:John Chambers Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a very choice bible, with two clasps of pure gold. He died in the beginning of 781. Eathored, Bishop of Worcester, A. D. 782, Presided in this see seventeen y... more »ears, and died in 798. Denebert, Bishop of Worcester, Was at the famous synod of Cloveshoe, in 803, where Lichfield was decided no longer an archbishopric, and Canterbury was restored to its ancient rights. He was also at the council of Celchyth, 816; he sat in this see twenty-four years, and died in 8-2. Eadbert, or Heabert, Bishop of Worcester, A. D. 822, Who was consecrated by Wilfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, died 848. Alhune, Bishop of Vorcester, Built an oratory or chapel at Kcmsey, in 868, and dedicated it to St. Andrew : he died in 872. Wereftud, Bishop of Worcester, A. D. 873, Was trained up in the college of Worcester, and was consecrated in 873. King Ceolwulf, at the request of Were- frid, in 875, exempted the diocese pf the Wiccians from provi ding food for the King's horses and their leaders. When the Danes over-ran Mercia, this bishop fled to France. About 885, King Alfred recalled him, and placed him among the first class of the learned whom he had invited to his court. At the request of the King, he translated, out of Latin into Saxon, the pastoral of St. Gregory; which the King published, with a preface of his own, and sent to every bishop's see in his kingdom a copy of it, with an aestell, or style, worth fifty marks, and with an injunction, that it should not be taken away from the book, nor the book from the church. Many of the clergy were at this time unable to chapter{Section 4understand it. This bishop died in 915, having sat in this see forty-two years. ', Bishop of Worcester, Abbot of Berkeley, sat here about seven years, and dying in 922, was succeeded by Wilfrith, o...« less