__NOTOC__ Ealdbeorht (or Alberthus or Ealdberht) may have been a medieval

Bishop of Dunwich The Bishop of Dunwich is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxons bishop between the 7th and 9th centuries and is currently used by the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The title takes its name af ...

. According to Powicke and Fryde (2nd ed., 1961) Ealdbeorht was in office as bishop of Dunwich in 775, having succeeded

Eardwulf Eardwulf or Eardulf is an Anglo-Saxon male name. Notable people with the name include: * Eardwulf of Northumbria, (floruit late 8th/early 9th century), ruler of Northumbria * Eardwulf of Kent (floruit middle 8th century), ruler of Kent * Eardwulf, B ...

some time after 747, and in turn being succeeded by

Heardred Heardred (Proto-Norse *''Harðurāðaz''), died c. 530, is the son of Hygelac, king of the Geats, and his queen Hygd, in ''Beowulf''. After Hygelac's death, in Frisia, Hygd wants to make Hygelac's nephew Beowulf, king of Geatland, as she fears tha ...

some time before 781.Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220 However, he is not included in the list of bishops in the third edition of the book (1986), where no entry intervenes between Eardwulf and Heardred.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 3rd ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1986],
216
/ref> Nor was he included in the

Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) is a database and associated website that aims to construct a prosopography of individuals within Anglo-Saxon England The PASE online database

. It would seem that whatever source was previously thought to imply his existence is now no longer thought to do so.

Citations

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961 Bishops of Dunwich (ancient) {{England-bishop-stub