page_title: Frithubeorht
hierarchical_section_title: Frithubeorht
caption_attribution_description: English: The seven canonised Saxon bishops of Hexham (part 2), former reredos, Hexham Abbey. The four bishops in this image are (from the left): John of Beverley, Acca (see 646915), Frithbert and Cuthbert. See 732190 for a general view of the reredos. See 748673 for a view of the other three paintings.
context_page_description: Frithubeorht was an eighth century medieval Bishop of Hexham.
  As the successor of Acca as Bishop of Hexham, Frithubeorht was consecrated on 8 September 734 by Archbishop Ecgbert. As the seventh Bishop of Hexham, Frithbert served as bishop for a lengthy thirty-four years until his death. In 750, when Cynewulf - the Bishop of Lindisfarne - was imprisoned, Frithbert also administered the church of Lindisfarne. He died on 23 December 766, the same year as Ecgbert. Bede praised Firthbert as a "truly faithful bishop." More recently, the historian John Godfrey, described Firthbert as an "undistinguished prelate."
  Frithbert's relics were re-discovered at Hexham in 1154.
context_section_description: Frithubeorht (or Frithbert, Frithuberht, Latin: Frithubertus) was an eighth century medieval Bishop of Hexham.
  As the successor of Acca as Bishop of Hexham, Frithubeorht was consecrated on 8 September 734 by Archbishop Ecgbert. As the seventh Bishop of Hexham, Frithbert served as bishop for a lengthy thirty-four years until his death. In 750, when Cynewulf - the Bishop of Lindisfarne - was imprisoned, Frithbert also administered the church of Lindisfarne.  He died on 23 December 766, the same year as Ecgbert.  Bede praised Firthbert as a "truly faithful bishop."  More recently, the historian John Godfrey, described Firthbert as an "undistinguished prelate."
  Frithbert's relics were re-discovered at Hexham in 1154.
caption: The reredos at Hexham Abbey.  Firthbert is shown second from the right.
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