Æthelmær of Elmham
{{Short description|11th-century Bishop of Elmham}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = эthelmaer
| title = Bishop of Elmham
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| religion = Roman Catholic Church
| appointed = 1047
| term_end = deposed 1070
| predecessor = Stigand
| successor = Herfast
| consecration = 1047
| death_date = unknown
}}
Æthelmær (or Æthelmær) was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
Life
Æthelmaer was the brother of Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury.{{cite book |last=Greenway |first=Diana E. |year=1971 |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 |volume=2: Monastic cathedrals (northern and southern provinces) |pages=55–58}} He was consecrated in 1047 and deprived of office circa 11 April 1070 by Ermenfrid, bishop of Sion, who was the papal legate to England.{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=216 and 243}}
References
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External links
- {{PASE|18734|Æthelmær 35}}
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