Frithubeorht

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| name = Frithubeorht
Frithbert

| title = Bishop of Hexham

| image = The seven canonised Saxon bishops of Hexham (part 2), former reredos, Hexham Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 748677.jpg

| alt =

| caption = The reredos at Hexham Abbey. Firthbert is shown second from the right.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hexhamabbey.org.uk/heritage/Calm/HEXAB202.html|title = Hexab202}}

| religion = Christian

| appointed = before 8 September 734

| term_end = 23 December 766

| predecessor = Acca

| successor = Eahlmund

| consecration = 8 September 734

| death_date = 23 December 766

}}

Frithubeorht (or Frithbert, Frithuberht, {{langx|la|Frithubertus}}) (died 23 December AD 766) was an eighth-century medieval Bishop of Hexham.

There are several theories as to why Frithbert's predecessor Acca departed or was driven from the Diocese of Hexham in 732. According to one account, Acca had fallen out of favour with the Northumbrian king Ceolwulf because he had sided with Ceolwulf's opponents during an attempted coup. Frithubeorht, who was thought to be a strong supporter of the Northumbrian dynasty, was appointed in Acca's place as Bishop of Hexham.{{cite book |last=Bates |first=Cadwallader John |author-link=Cadwallader John Bates |date=1895 |title=The History of Northumberland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OFoyAQAAMAAJ |location=London |publisher=Elliot Stock |page=72 }} Frithubeorht was consecrated on 8 September 734 by Archbishop Ecgbert.{{cite book|author=William Stubbs|title=Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum: An Attempt to Exhibit the Course of Episcopal Succession in England from the Records and Chronicles of the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZKHAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|date=26 September 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-06119-3|page=6}}

As the seventh Bishop of Hexham,{{cite book|author=Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall|title=Orthodox Saints of the British Isles: Volume IV — October – December|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZs6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA251|date=1 September 2017|publisher=St. Eadfrith Press|isbn=978-1-5427-1822-6|page=251}} Frithbert served as bishop for a lengthy thirty-four years until his death. In 750, when Cynewulf - the Bishop of Lindisfarne - was imprisoned, Frithbert also administered the church of Lindisfarne.Rev. Richard Stanton. [https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries]. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p.606. He died on 23 December 766,Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217 the same year as Ecgbert. Bede praised Firthbert as a "truly faithful bishop."https://www.normandyhistorians.co.uk/downloads/bede.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} More recently, the historian John Godfrey, described Firthbert as an "undistinguished prelate."{{cite book|author=John Godfrey|title=The Church in Anglo-Saxon England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gdCsyNQmK2wC&pg=PA258|year=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-05089-0|page=258}}

Frithbert's relics were re-discovered at Hexham in 1154.{{cite web |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-frithbert-of-hexham/ |title=Saint Frithbert of Hexham |author=Terry Jones |date=13 February 2013 |website=CatholicSaints.Info |publisher= |access-date=17 January 2020 }} He is considered a saint by both the Roman Catholic {{cite book |last=Butler |first=Alban |author-link=Alban Butler |year=1995 |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints |url= |volume=12 |publisher=Burns & Oates |page=176 |isbn=9780814623886}} and the Eastern Orthodox Church.