Wulfgar Of Lichfield
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__NOTOC__ Wulfgar (died ) was a medieval
Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Mi ...
. Wulfgar was consecrated between 935 and 941 and died between 946 and 949.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 218 He is known to history from
William of Malmesbury William of Malmesbury ( la, Willelmus Malmesbiriensis; ) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. He has been ranked among the most talented English historians since Bede. Modern historian C. Warren Hollister described him as "a ...
,William of Malmesbury '' Gesta Pontificum Anglorum'' iv.172.2 a number of royal charters, some land grants made by him and as witness in several assorted contractual documents from the 10th century.


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* 10th-century English bishops Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lichfield 940s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{England-bishop-stub