Tota (bishop)

Tota[lower-alpha 1] was a Bishop of Selsey when Sussex was being ruled by Offa of Mercia.

Tota
Bishop of Selsey
Appointedbetween 781 and 786
Term endedbetween 786 and 789
PredecessorGislhere
SuccessorWihthun
Orders
Consecrationbetween 781 and 786
Personal details
Diedbetween 786 and 789
DenominationChristian

Not very much is known of Tota but he is recorded as present at a church council (Synod of Calcuthiens) attended by papal legates in 786.[2][3] He was consecrated between 781 and 786.[4]

Tota died between 786 and 789.[4]

Notes

  1. Also Thoha, Totta, or Toha[1]

Citations

  1. Heron-Allen Selsey Bill p. 113
  2. Heron-Allen Selsey Bill p. 120
  3. Kelly Charters of Selsey p. lxxxix
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

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.
  • Heron-Allen, Edward (1911). Selsey Bill. Historic and Prehistoric. London: Duckworth.
  • Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Gislhere
Bishop of Selsey Succeeded by
Wihthun

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