Ælfhun
Ælfhun | |
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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 (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]
References
- ^ 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
- Ælfhun 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
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Medieval Bishops of the East Angles and of Dunwich
- Felix of Burgundy
- Thomas
- Brigilsus
- Bifus
- Acca
- Ascwulf
- Eardred
- Cuthwine
- Ealdbeorht I
- Ecglaf
- Eardwulf
- Ealdbeorht II
- Heardred
- Ælfhun
- Tidfrith
- Waormund
- Wilred
- Æthelweald
For the modern suffragan bishops, see Bishop of Dunwich
8th-century Bishop of Dunwich
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