Brihtmær

This article is about the Bishop of Lichfield. For the Bishop of Dorchester sometimes called Brihtmær (or similar), see Æthelric (Bishop of Dorchester).

Brihtmær
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed	before 1026
Term ended	1039
Predecessor	Leofgar
Successor	Wulfsige
Orders
Consecration	before 1026
Personal details
Died	1039

Brihtmær^[a] (died 1039) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Brihtmær was consecrated sometime before about 1026 and died in 1039.^[1] He was appointed by Cnut the Great, king of England, and nothing is known of why he was chosen or of his background.^[2]

Notes

1. Or Brihtmar or Beorhtmaer or Brithmar

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
2. Lawson Cnut p. 136

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Lawson, M. K. (2000). Cnut: England's Viking King. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing, Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2964-7.

External links

• Beorhtmær 15 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Leofgar	Bishop of Lichfield c. 1023–1039	Succeeded by Wulfsige