Ricfried
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Ricfried was Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Utrecht between 806
806
Year 806 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Emperor Heizei succeeds Emperor Kammu as Emperor of Japan....

 and 815
815
Year 815 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire sign the Treaty of 815 in Constantinople....

/816
816
Year 816 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Frankish king Louis the Pious is crowned emperor by Pope Stephen IV.- Religion :...

.

It is suspected that he was related to his successors Frederick
Frederick of Utrecht
Frederick I was Bishop of Utrecht between 815/816 and 834/838, and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.Frederick was born around 780 in Friesland and was a grandson of the Frisian King Radboud. According to the Catholic Church, he died on July 18, 838, but other sources give dates between 834 and...

, Alberik II
Alberik II
Alberic II was a bishop of Utrecht from 838 to 844.Alberic was the brother of his predecessor Frederick of Utrecht. Nothing is known about his administration. He was buried in the Saint Salvatorchurch in Utrecht.-References:...

, Ludger
Ludger
Saint Ludger was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey and first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia....

 and Balderic
Balderic of Utrecht
Balderic was Bishop of Utrecht from 918 to 975.Balderic descended from the Counts of Hainaut. He was a cousin of Duke Gilbert of Lorraine and the uncle of Bishop Balderic of Liège...

. Nothing is known about his reign. He was buried in the St. Salvator Church in Utrecht.

Further reading

  • C. Dekker, Geschiedenis van de provincie Utrecht (Utrecht, 1997)
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