Ætla

Ætla
Bishops of Dorchester
Church	Catholic
In office	c. 660
Predecessor	Agilbertus
Successor	Harlardus

Ætla, who lived in the 7th century, is believed to be one in a series of Bishops of Dorchester during the Anglo-Saxon period. The village of Attlebridge, Norfolk is named after him, as he is credited for the construction of a bridge ('brycg' in Old English) there.

Ætla was attested about 660.^[1] In the 670's, the seat of his bishopric was at Dorchester-on-Thames, which was then under Mercian control.^[2]

Citations

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 49

References

Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

Ætla 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Agilbertus	Bishop of Dorchester c. 660	Succeeded by Harlardus

Bishops of Dorchester (Medieval and modern)

Wessex diocese	Birinus Agilbert Ætla

Mercian diocese	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel

United diocese	Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth the Younger Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp

Oxford suffragan	Gerald Allen Kenneth Riches David Loveday Peter Walker Conrad Meyer (became first area bishop)

Oxford area bishops	Conrad Meyer Anthony Russell Colin Fletcher

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