Ealdwulf of Lichfield

Ealdwulf[lower-alpha 1] (died c. 815) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Ealdwulf
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointedbetween 799 and 801
Term endedbetween 814 and 816
PredecessorHygeberht
SuccessorHerewine
Orders
Consecrationbetween 799 and 801
Personal details
Diedbetween 814 and 816

Ealdwulf was consecrated between 799 and 801 and died between 814 and 816.[1] The historian D. P. Kirby speculates that the last act of his predecessor, Hygeberht, was to consecrate Ealdwulf, before Hygeberht resigned his archbishopric of Lichfield.[2]

Notes
  1. Or Aldwulf,Aldulf, or Adulphus

Citations
  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 144

References
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Hygeberht		 Bishop of Lichfield
c. 800–c. 815		 Succeeded by
Herewine

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