Cynewulf of Lindisfarne

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Cynewulf of Lindisfarne
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Lindisfarne
Title Bishop of Lindisfarne
Period in office 740–780
Predecessor Saint Æthelwald
Successor Higbald
Personal
Date of death 783

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne was the Bishop of Lindisfarne from 740 to 780. He resigned the see in 780 and died in 783.[1] It is possible that he was also the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf, who was known to be alive at about the same time.

In 750 Cynewulf was imprisoned by Eadberht of Northumbria[2] for giving sanctuary to Prince Offa during a dynastic clash.

Notes

  1. ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238
  2. ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 126

References

  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8. 
  • Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Saint Æthelwald		 Bishop of Lindisfarne
740 - 780		 Succeeded by
Higbald
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Persondata
NAME Cynewulf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lindisfarne
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 783
PLACE OF DEATH
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