• Ælfric died c. 950) was a medieval Bishop of Ramsbury. Ælfric was consecrated between 941 and 949. He died between 949 and 950. He was succeeded in his...
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  • Bishop of Crediton Ælfric (Bishop of Hereford), mid 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Hereford Ælfric of Ramsbury (fl. 940s), Bishop of Ramsbury Ælfric (archbishop-elect...
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  • received the permission of "King Æthelred and all the witan" to be elevated to Canterbury. Ælfric continued to hold Ramsbury along with Canterbury until...
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  • Bertwald of Ramsbury was an 11th-century Bishop of Ramsbury and saint. Bertwald became a monk at Glastonbury Abbey and was appointed Bishop of Ramsbury in 1005...
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  • village of Ramsbury in Wiltshire, and was first used in the 10th and 11th centuries by the Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Ramsbury. In Saxon times, Ramsbury was an...
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  • Ælfric, who is described as maior domus regis by the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis (History of Abingdon Abbey), refers to Ælfric Cild or to Ælfric,...
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  • medieval Bishop of Ramsbury. Oswulf was consecrated between 949 and 951. He died in 970. In the 940s Ealdorman Ealhhelm was given the lands of the then defunct...
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    10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury in England. The son of a Danish invader, Oda became Bishop of Ramsbury before 928. A number of stories were told about...
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    king of Italy December 24 Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general Wang Zhang, Chinese official Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor Ælfric, bishop of Ramsbury (approximate...
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  • Archbishop of Canterbury from 990 to 994. Educated at Glastonbury Abbey, he became a monk there before becoming an abbot and then Bishop of Ramsbury before...
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    portrayed as distinct and in opposition by Church officials such as Bede, Ælfric and Wulfstan, with conversion corresponding in a dramatic shift from one...
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    "victorious because of God" (in the words of the homilist Ælfric of Eynsham). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle abandoned its usual terse style in favour of a heroic poem...
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    of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the northern regions of England (north of the Trent) as well as the Isle of...
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    Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk...
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    Edward the Martyr (category Year of birth uncertain)
    is based on one of 941. It is a grant by Edward to his minister Ælfric of land at Wylye in Wiltshire. Charter S 832 is a large grant of land in Cornwall...
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    Christianity portal The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title...
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    The Bishop of Exeter is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The See has been vacant since Robert Atwell's...
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    Archbishop of Canterbury is the "Primate of All England", effectively serving as the head of the established Church of England and, symbolically, of the worldwide...
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    capture the brothers. The banishment of Ealdred's patron came shortly after the death of Ælfric Puttoc, the Archbishop of York. York and Worcester had long...
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    Blickling homilies and the writings of Ælfric. In 1000, there were eighteen dioceses in England. In the Province of Canterbury: Canterbury, Rochester,...
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  • king of Italy December 24 Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general Wang Zhang, Chinese official Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor Ælfric, bishop of Ramsbury (approximate...
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  • Britain which has been the seat of a bishop, but is not so any longer. The status of a cathedral, for the purpose of this list, does not depend on whether...
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    of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the City of Hereford...
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