Eolla

Eolla
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed 716 or 717
Term ended between 716 and 731
Predecessor Eadbeorht
Successor Sigga
Other posts Abbot of Selsey
Personal details
Died between 716 and 731
Denomination Christian

Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, was the successor of Eadberht, and seems to have previously been Abbot of Selsey, as he witnessed a charter[1] of Noðhelm together with Osric and Eadberht. He seems to have succeeded as bishop in either 716 or 717. His date of death is sometime between 716 and 731.[2]

Citations

  1. Anglo-Saxons.net Charter S44 accessed on 25 August 2007
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

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.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Eadbeorht
Bishop of Selsey
flourished about 720
Succeeded by
Sigga

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