Wilfrith I (bishop of Worcester)

For the 10th century Bishop of Worcester, see Wilfrith II.

Wilfrith or Wilfrid was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. He was consecrated in 718.

Wilfrith
Bishop of Worcester
Appointed	718
Term ended	between 743 and 745
Predecessor	Egwin
Successor	Milred
Orders
Consecration	718
Personal details
Died	betwseen 743 and 745
Denomination	Christian

In 735, he consecrated one Eva as the third abbess of Gloucester Abbey.^[1] Wilfrith died between 743 and 745, perhaps on 29 April 744.^[2]

Citations

1. "Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester". A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 2. (William Page, ed.) London: Victoria County History, 1907. 53-61. British History Online
2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

• Wilfrid 5 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Egwin	Bishop of Worcester 718–c. 744	Succeeded by Milred