Byrnstan

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Byrnstan

Denomination	Roman Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Winchester
Title	Bishop of Winchester
Period in office	931–934
Predecessor	Frithestan
Successor	Ælfheah I
Personal
Date of death	1 November 934

Byrnstan (or Beornstan) was a Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester.

He was consecrated May 29, 931. He died on November 1, 934.^[1] After his death, he was revered as a saint.

[edit] See also

• List of bishops of Winchester

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

[edit] External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Beornstan

Religious titles
Preceded by Frithestan	Bishop of Winchester 931–934	Succeeded by Ælfheah I

Persondata
NAME	Byrnstan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beornstan
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Winchester
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	November 1, 934
PLACE OF DEATH