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Theodred was a medieval
Bishop of London
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
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Theodred was consecrated between 909 and 926,
[ probably in 926. He may have been German and was a patron of German clerics, several of whom were beneficiaries of his will. He was close to king ]Æthelstan
Æthelstan or Athelstan (; ang, Æðelstān ; on, Aðalsteinn; ; – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first ...
throughout his reign, and is reported to have been present at the Battle of Brunanburh
The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scotland, and Owain, King of Strathclyde. The battle is often cited as the point ...
in 937. He took messages from the king to his councillors, and is said to have bought relics in Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
.[Wood "Making of King Aethelstan's Empire" ''Ideal and Reality'' p. 256]
Theodred died between 951 and 953.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220]
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Bishops of London
950s deaths
Year of birth unknown
10th-century English bishops
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