Ealdwulf of Lichfield
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Ealdwulf[lower-alpha 1] (died c. 815) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.
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Ealdwulf | |
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Bishop of Lichfield | |
Appointed | between 799 and 801 |
Term ended | between 814 and 816 |
Predecessor | Hygeberht |
Successor | Herewine |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 799 and 801 |
Personal details | |
Died | between 814 and 816 |
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Ealdwulf was consecrated between 799 and 801 and died between 814 and 816.[1] The historian D. P. Kirby speculates that the last act of his predecessor, Hygeberht, was to consecrate Ealdwulf, before Hygeberht resigned his archbishopric of Lichfield.[2]