Event: Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of bishop
Edgar 11
.episcopal elevation of
Oswald 8
Asserted in:
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi
iv.5
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Scholarly Info
Description
Edgar 11
first bestowed on
Oswald 8
the episcopacy of the Mercian people and subsequently that of the Northumbrians.
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Edgar 11
(
King of the English, 959-975
)
Recipient
:
Oswald 8
(
Bishop of Worcester, 961-992; archbishop of York, 971-992; saint
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Mercian people, episcopacy: (
Bishopric
), now
Worcester, Worcestershire
Northumbrian people, episcopacy: (
Bishopric
), now
York, Yorkshire