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Abraham (bishop of St Davids)

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Abraham (died 1080) was Bishop of St David's and the Cathedral Close in Pembrokeshire, Wales from 1078, when he succeeded Sulien, until his murder in 1078[1] or 1080, during a Viking invasion.[2][3][4][a] Sulien then served again as bishop.[3]

The Abraham Stone

His two sons, Isaac and Hedd, are commemorated on a c. early-twelfth-century stone cross discovered in 1891 in St David's Cathedral. The Abraham Stone now resides in the Tower Gate House and Bell Tower of the original cathedral city.[8][2]

Notes

  1. St David's Cathedral states that Abraham was bishop from 1076 to 1078.[5][6][7] His year of death as given by the cathedral as 1078[6] and 1080.[8][9]

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