title: Werferth
text: # Werferth
  
  Werferth was an English bishop of Worcester.
  
  Werferth was consecrated either in 872 or between 869 and 872. A contemporary and friend of Alfred the Great, he was a significant translator, from Latin into Old English. His translations include the Dialogues of Gregory, commissioned by Alfred. He died either in 915 or between 907 and 915.
  
  