Hygeberht
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Hygeberht
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Hygeberht was the bishop of Lichfield from 779 and archbishop of Lichfield after the elevation of Lichfield to an archdiocese some time after 787, during the reign of the powerful Mercian king Offa. Little is known of Hygeberht's background, although he was probably a native of Mercia. Offa succeeded in having Lichfield elevated to an archbishopric, but the rise in Lichfield's status was unpopular with Canterbury, the other southern English archbishopric. Offa was probably motivated by a desire
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8th-century Archbishop of Lichfield
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygeberht
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2023-06-26T06:45:01Z
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