Winfrith (bishop)

Winfrith[lower-alpha 1] was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Winfrith
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed672
Term endeddeposed between 672 and 676
PredecessorChad of Mercia
SuccessorSeaxwulf
Orders
Consecration672

Winfrith was consecrated in 672 and deprived of his see between 672 and 676.[1] He was deposed by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury for disobedience.[2]

Notes

  1. Winfred, Winfrede or Wynfrith

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 137

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Chad of Mercia
Bishop of Lichfield
672–c. 675
Succeeded by
Seaxwulf
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