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Ælfhun
Ælfhun (or Ælphunus) was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.
Ælfhun | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Dunwich | |
Modern statue of Ælfhun in Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| 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 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]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sperling, Charles Fredirick Denne (1896). A Short History of the Borough of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, compiled from materials collected by W. W. Hodson. Sudbury, Suffolk: B R Martin. p. 2.
- ^ van der Krogt, René & Peter (25 June 2014). "Bishop Ælfhun of Dunwich". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
External links edit
- Ælfhun 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England