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Bedwinus[a] was an English cleric who was the first Bishop of Elmham.
Bedwinus | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Elmham | |
| Installed | c. 673 |
| Term ended | c. 693 |
| Predecessor | Diocese Established Bifus (as Bishop of the East Angles) |
| Successor | Northbertus |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | c. 673 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 693 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Bedwinus was consecrated in 673 or soon afterwards and died sometime after 693.[1]
Career as bishop
editBedwinus was the first cleric to be appointed bishop of the See of Elmham; which was created alongside the See of Dunwich to replace the larger Diocese of East Anglia. The diocese was split by Theodore of Tarsus, the Archbishop of Canterbury; who appointed Bedwinus as bishop.[2]
Notes
edit- ↑ Or Beaduwine or Badwine
References
edit- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ Colgrave, Bertram (1969). Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Reprinted with Corrections ed.). Oxford University Press.
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