Bertwald of Ramsbury

Bertwald
Bishop of Ramsbury
Church	Catholic
Appointed	1005
Term ended	22 April 1045
Predecessor	Aelfric
Successor	Herman
Personal details
Died	22 April 1045

Bertwald of Ramsbury (otherwise Britwold of Glastonbury and sometimes Beorhtwald) was an 11th-century Bishop of Ramsbury and saint.

Life

Bertwald became a monk at Glastonbury Abbey and was appointed Bishop of Ramsbury in 1005. He is mostly known from the witness lists of King Cnut's charters which show he was in high favour with the Danish monarch. He died on 22 April 1045 and was buried at Glastonbury.^[1]

Citations

↑ James P. Carley, David Townsend, Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey. An Edition, Translation And Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates (Eastbourne 2009) p.279 n. 45

References

James P. Carley, David Townsend, Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey. An Edition, Translation And Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates (Eastbourne 2009).

External links

Beorhtwald 19 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Brihtwold". Dictionary of National Biography 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Aelfric	Bishop of Ramsbury 995–1045	Succeeded by Herman

Bishops of Ramsbury

Medieval diocesans	Aethelstan Oda of Canterbury Ælfric Oswulf Ælfstan Wulfgar Sigeric the Serious Ælfric of Abingdon Saint Bertwald Herman

Modern suffragans	John Neale (became first area bishop) see area bishops Stephen Conway (previously last area bishop) Ed Condry

Modern area bishops	John Neale Peter Vaughan Peter Hullah Stephen Conway

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