Ceobred
{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Ceobred
| title = Bishop of Leicester
| religion = Christian
| appointed = between December 840 and 844
| ended = between 869 and 888
| predecessor = Ealdred
| successor = Harlardus (Bishop of Dorchester)
| consecration = between December 840 and 844
| death_date = between 869 and 888
}}
Ceobred (or Ceolred) was a medieval Bishop of Leicester.
Ceobred was consecrated between December 840 and 844. He died between 869 and 888.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218 In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries.Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 157
Citations
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References
- {{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
- {{cite book |author=Kirby, D. P. |title=The Earliest English Kings |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=0-415-24211-8 }}
External links
- {{PASE|3679|Ceolred 6}}
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Category:Bishops of Leicester (ancient)
Category:9th-century English bishops
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