Wihthun (died ) was an early medieval Bishop of Selsey.
Life
Wihthun seems to have been appointed bishop in 789, as he appears last among the bishops in the witness list of a charter issued by Osfrith, King of Mercia, to Wærmund, Bishop of Rochester in that year.
Wihthun's last datable subscriptions are to two charters of 805: a grant by Cuthred, King of Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred, and a grant by Coenwulf, King of Mercia, and Cuthred, King of Kent, to a priest called Wulfhard.Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S161 accessed on 25 August 2007 He also witnessed a grant from between 805 and 807 by Cuthred, King of Kent, to Æthelnoth, praefectus.Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S41 accessed on 25 August 2007
Wihthun died sometime after 805 and before 811.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
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