Ceobred

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Ceobred
Bishop of Leicester
Appointedbetween December 840 and 844
Term endedbetween 869 and 888
PredecessorEaldred
SuccessorHarlardus (Bishop of Dorchester)
Orders
Consecrationbetween December 840 and 844
Personal details
Diedbetween 869 and 888
DenominationChristian

Ceobred (or Ceolred) was a medieval Bishop of Leicester.

Ceobred was consecrated between December 840 and 844. He died between 869 and 888.[1] 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.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 157

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