Leofgar

Role: bishop · First appears: A.D. 1055–1059

Life events

• 1056 · Leofgar succeeded Athelstan as bishop.(A.D. 1055–1059 · 📍 Hereford)
  • “To him succeeded Leofgar, who was Earl Harold's mass-priest.”
• 1056 · Griffin’s forces slew Leofgar and his priests in battle.(A.D. 1055–1059)
  • With: Griffin
  • “But he was there slain, and his priests with him”

A.D. 1055–1059

• lord / consecrator: Harold son of Godwin “To him succeeded Leofgar, who was Earl Harold's mass-priest.”
• enemies with Griffin “and so marched to the field against Griffin the Welsh king. But he was there slain,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.