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Wilfrith or Wilfrid was a medieval
Bishop of Worcester
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
. He was consecrated in 718.
In 735, he consecrated one Eva as the third abbess of
Gloucester Abbey.
"Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester". ''A History of the County of Gloucester'', Volume 2. (William Page, ed.) London: Victoria County History, 1907. 53-61. British History Online
/ref> Wilfrith died between 743 and 745, perhaps on 29 April 744.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 223]
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Bishops of Worcester
8th-century English bishops
743 deaths
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