Comoere | |
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Bishop of Cornwall | |
Appointed | 959 and 963 |
Term ended | between 981 and a period between 988 and 990 |
Predecessor | Daniel of Cornwall |
Successor | Ealdred |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 959 and 963 |
Personal details | |
Died | between 981 and a period between 988 and 990 |
Denomination | Christian |
Comoere or Wulsige Comoere was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.
Comoere was consecrated between 959 and 963. He died between 981 and a period between 988 and 990. The Bodmin Gospels record his manumission from slavery of a woman called Guenenguith and her son Morcefres.
Citations
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
- British Library, Additional MS 9381, f. 49v, Breay and Story, p. 374
References
- Breay, Claire; Story, Joanna, eds. (2018). Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. London, UK: British Library. ISBN 978-0-7123-5207-9.
- 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.
External links
- Wulfsige 37 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, as "Wulfsige Comoere"
Christian titles | ||
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Preceded byDaniel of Cornwall | Bishop of Cornwall c. 961–c. 987 |
Succeeded byEaldred |
Bishops of Cornwall | |
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* also Bishop of Crediton |
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