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Thomas (bishop of the East Angles)

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Thomas
Bishop of the East Angles
Appointedbetween 647 and 648
Term endedbetween 652 and 653
PredecessorFelix
SuccessorBrigilsus
Orders
Consecrationbetween 647 and 648
by Honorius of Canterbury
Personal details
Diedbetween 652 and 653
DenominationChristian

Thomas was an early medieval Bishop of the East Angles. He was consecrated between 647 and 648 and died between 652 and 653.[1] He was bishop for five years.[2]

Bede described Thomas as having been "from the province of the Gyrwas" and deacon to Felix of Burgundy.[3]

References

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  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. p. 66. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
  3. ^ Bede, Ecclesiastical History, iii, 20.
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