Winfrith | |
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Bishop of Lichfield | |
Appointed | 672 |
Term ended | deposed between 672 and 676 |
Predecessor | Chad of Mercia |
Successor | Seaxwulf |
Orders | |
Consecration | 672 |
Winfrith[a] was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.
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
[edit]- ^ Winfred, Winfrede or Wynfrith
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
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