Saint
Humbertus
A hierarch of the West, who reposed in 870.
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- Era
- 9th century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Humbertus, written Hunberht or Humberht in English sources, was bishop of Elmham in East Anglia in the 9th century. He is counted among the saints of that region.
He was consecrated bishop before 824, between 816 and 824 according to a German source. The Annals of St Neots, written in the 12th century, say that he crowned King Edmund the Martyr at Christmas 856, but no earlier source is known for this report.
The date of his repose is uncertain: the years 845 and 856 are mentioned, or November 869, and a German source gives 20 November 870. After him the see of Elmham had no bishop for a long time, because of the Danish invasions, until the 10th century.
The sources at hand do not show how or when his veneration as a saint began. He is a saint of the West, of the undivided Church, with no known Orthodox synodal canonization.