Winfrith (bishop)

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Winfrith
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed 672
Term ended deposed between 672 and 676
Predecessor Chad of Mercia
Successor Seaxwulf

Winfrith (Winfred, Winfrede or Wynfrith) 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]

Citations

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

References

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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lichfield
672–c. 675		 Succeeded by
Seaxwulf

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