Bifus

Bifus or Bisi was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.

Bifus
Bishop of the East Angles
Appointed669 or 670
Term ended672
PredecessorBrigilsus
SuccessorSee divided into Dunwich and Elmham
Orders
Consecration669 or 670
Personal details
Diedunknown
DenominationChristian

Bifus was consecrated in 669 or 670. He resigned the see in 672. He was the last bishop of the East Angles.[1]

Bede in his history, records that he attended the Council of Hertford in 672.[2] When he resigned, his bishopric was divided into the sees of Dunwich and Elmham.[3]

References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
  3. Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.

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