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Bishop Eanfrith of Burton

Bishop Eanfrith of Burton (born 835) was the Bishop of Burton.

Biography[]

Bishop Eanfrith of Burton was born in 835 to a lowborn Catholic Anglo-Saxon family, and he became the Bishop of Burton. In 867, he defended Burton from a siege by Halfdan Whiteshirt of Jorvik and the Great Heathen Army, and although the Vikings suffered heavy losses, they captured Burton.

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