Æthelberht of East Anglia
King of East Anglia
Born	unknown
Died	20 May 794, Sutton Wells, Herefordshire
Major shrine	Hereford Cathedral
Feast	20 May

Æthelberht (died May 20, 794 at Sutton Walls, Herefordshire) was king of East Anglia. His reign may have begun in 779 - the date provided for the beginning of his reign on the uncertain authority of a much later saint's life. He was put to death by Offa of Mercia under unclear circumstances. His death lead to a domination of East Anglia by Mercia; Mercian kings ruled over East Anglia for thirty of the thirty-two years after Æthelberht's demise. Æthelberht has also been canonized and is the subject of a series of vitae dating from the eleventh century onwards. The Church of England cathedral at Hereford is dedicated to him.

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