St Humbert | |
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Bishop of Elmham | |
Appointed | before 824 |
Term ended | 845 or 856, or November 869 |
Predecessor | Hunferthus |
Successor | Eadwulf |
Orders | |
Consecration | before 824 |
Personal details | |
Died | 845 or 856, or November 869 |
Denomination | Christian |
Humbertus [a] was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
Humbertus was consecrated before 824. [1] Medieval hagiographies of Edmund the Martyr say that Humbertus crowned the young Edmund at Burna on Christmas Day 856. [2]
He was martyred by the Danes. His date of death is uncertain; he may have died possibly in November 869. [1]
After Humbertus, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through the Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, the sees Elmham and Dunwich had been united under Bishop Eadwulf.
St Humbert | |
---|---|
Bishop of Elmham | |
Appointed | before 824 |
Term ended | 845 or 856, or November 869 |
Predecessor | Hunferthus |
Successor | Eadwulf |
Orders | |
Consecration | before 824 |
Personal details | |
Died | 845 or 856, or November 869 |
Denomination | Christian |
Humbertus [a] was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
Humbertus was consecrated before 824. [1] Medieval hagiographies of Edmund the Martyr say that Humbertus crowned the young Edmund at Burna on Christmas Day 856. [2]
He was martyred by the Danes. His date of death is uncertain; he may have died possibly in November 869. [1]
After Humbertus, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through the Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, the sees Elmham and Dunwich had been united under Bishop Eadwulf.