Heathored of Whithorn

It is possible that his occasional inclusion on the list of the bishops of Whithorn is the result of a scribal mistake or confusion, and that there was no such bishop at that episcopal see.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}

At the end of John of Worcester's Chronicle are lists of bishops of the various dioceses, and the list for Candida Casa includes a certain Heathored as following Beadwulf,{{Harvcolnb|John of Worcester|1854|p=431}} Florence of Worcester, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA431 The Names of the Bishops of Whitherne] but no chronicle (including this one) mentions either Whithorn or its bishop after Beadwulf. However, the various chronicles continue to mention the deaths and consecrations of the bishops at York, Hexham, and Lindisfarne well into the ninth century. Had there been a successor to Beadwulf, it is unlikely that he would have escaped the attention of the chroniclers. Beadwulf is the last known Bishop of Candida Casa.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}

As to the possibility that there was confusion with another historical person named Heathored who might have been Bishop of Whithorn, there was a Bishop of Hexham named Heathored, who was consecrated in 797 on the death of Bishop Æthelberht of Hexham,{{Harvcolnb|Symeon of Durham|1855|p=459}} Symeon of Durham, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VSADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA459 Entry for AD 797] and who served only until 800, when he died and was succeeded by Eanbert.{{Harvcolnb|Symeon of Durham|1855|p=462}} Symeon of Durham, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VSADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA462 Entry for AD 800] However, Beadwulf was still the Bishop of Candida Casa in 803, so this Heathored could not be the one in question. It is not credible to suggest that the bishopric of Heathored of Lindisfarne would be extended to include far-off Candida Casa, across the territory of the still-active bishopric of Hexham. However, it is possible that the scribe who compiled the list at the end of John of Worcester's Chronicle was confused about whether one of these like-named bishops had served at Candida Casa.

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• Oram, Richard, The Lordship of Galloway, (Edinburgh, 2000)
• Tout, T. F., "Beadwulf (fl. 791–795)", rev. Marios Costambeys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1173 , accessed 1 Oct 2007]

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