Tota (bishop)
Tota[lower-alpha 1] was a Bishop of Selsey when Sussex was being ruled by Offa of Mercia.
Tota | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selsey | |
| Appointed | between 781 and 786 |
| Term ended | between 786 and 789 |
| Predecessor | Gislhere |
| Successor | Wihthun |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 781 and 786 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 786 and 789 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Not very much is known of Tota but he is recorded as present at a church council (Synod of Calcuthiens) attended by papal legates in 786.[2][3] He was consecrated between 781 and 786.[4]
Tota died between 786 and 789.[4]
Notes
- Also Thoha, Totta, or Toha[1]
Citations
- Heron-Allen Selsey Bill p. 113
- Heron-Allen Selsey Bill p. 120
- Kelly Charters of Selsey p. lxxxix
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Heron-Allen, Edward (1911). Selsey Bill. Historic and Prehistoric. London: Duckworth.
- Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.
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