Ælfhun | |
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Bishop of Dunwich | |
Appointed | between 789 and 793 |
Term ended | c. 798 |
Predecessor | Heardred |
Successor | Tidfrith |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 789 and 793 |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 798 |
Denomination | Christian |
Ælfhun (or Ælphunus) was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.
Ælfhun was consecrated between 789 and 793 and died about 798. [1] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that he died at Sudbury, Suffolk and his body was carried back to Dunwich for burial. [2] A Portland stone statue of Ælfhun stands on The Croft at Sudbury, sculpted in 1999 by Alan Michlewaite. [3]
Ælfhun | |
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Bishop of Dunwich | |
Appointed | between 789 and 793 |
Term ended | c. 798 |
Predecessor | Heardred |
Successor | Tidfrith |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 789 and 793 |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 798 |
Denomination | Christian |
Ælfhun (or Ælphunus) was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.
Ælfhun was consecrated between 789 and 793 and died about 798. [1] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that he died at Sudbury, Suffolk and his body was carried back to Dunwich for burial. [2] A Portland stone statue of Ælfhun stands on The Croft at Sudbury, sculpted in 1999 by Alan Michlewaite. [3]