Conan of Cornwall

Conan
Bishop of Cornwall
Appointedbetween July 924 and 932
Term endedbetween 937 and 955
SuccessorDaniel of Cornwall
Orders
Consecrationbetween July 924 and 932
Personal details
Diedbetween 946 or 953 and November 955
DenominationChristian

Conan was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

Conan was nominated by King Æthelstan.[1] He was consecrated between July 924 and 932. He died between 946 or 953 and November 955.[2]

However, in the view of historian D. P. Kirby, it was almost certainly in 936 that Æthelstan "established Bishop Conan at St. Germans".[3]

As Witness

Conan is cited as a witness in the following charters, given by their Sawyer number: [4]

S391, S407, S412, S413, S416, S417, S418a, S425, S434, S435, S450, S455

Citations

  1. ^ Barlow English Church 100-1066 p. 211
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
  3. ^ Kirby 'Hywel Dda: Anglophil?' p. 4 note 19
  4. ^ "PASE". pase.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

References

  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1000–1066: a History of the Later Anglo-Saxon Church (Second ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-49049-9.
  • 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.
  • Kirby, D. P. (June 1976). "Hywel Dda: Anglophil?'". Welsh History Review. 8: 1–13.