Beorhthelm

Updated on Oct 18, 2023

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Beorhthelm (also Brihthelm, Brithelm, Brithelmus, Birthelm, Birhelm, Byrhthelm, Bertelin, Bettelin, or Bertram) is an Anglo-Saxon given name.

Four bishops:

Byrhthelm (Bishop of Wells) (died 973) and briefly Archbishop of Canterbury

Brihthelm (bishop of London) (died between 957 and 959)

Beorhthelm of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester c. 960

Brihthelm (Bishop of Selsey) (died between 956 and 963)

and two saints:

Beorhthelm of Stafford, patron saint of Stafford

Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury, a 10th-century Anglo-Saxon saint

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