Wærstan

Wærstan
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointedc. 909
Term endedeither 918 or between around 909 and 925
PredecessorÆthelweard
SuccessorÆthelbald
Orders
Consecrationc. 909
Personal details
Diedeither 918 or between around 909 and 925
DenominationChristian

Wærstan[a] was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

Wærstan was consecrated around 909. He died either in 918 or between around 909 and 925.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Or Waerstan or Werstane

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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Christian titles
Preceded by
Æthelweard
Bishop of Sherborne
c. 914
Succeeded by
Æthelbald
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Bishops of Salisbury
see at Sherborne
  • see erected from Winchester
  • St Aldhelm
  • Forthhere
  • Herewald
  • Æthelmod
  • Denefrith
  • Wigberht
  • Eahlstan
  • St Heahmund
  • Æthelheah
  • Wulfsige
  • Asser
  • Æthelweard
  • Wærstan
  • Æthelbald
  • Sigehelm
  • Alfred
  • Wulfsige II
  • Ælfwold I
  • Æthelsige I
  • Wulfsige III
  • Æthelric
  • Æthelsige II
  • Brithwine I
  • Ælfmær
  • Brithwine II
  • St Ælfwold II
  • Herman
  • see united with Ramsbury and removed to Old Sarum
see at Old Sarum
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10th-century Bishop of Sherborne and saint


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