Bedwinus

Bedwinus
Bishop of Elmham
Installedc. 673
Term endedc. 693
PredecessorDiocese Established
Bifus (as Bishop of the East Angles)
SuccessorNorthbertus
Orders
Consecrationc. 673
Personal details
Diedc. 693
DenominationChristian

Bedwinus was an English cleric who was the first Bishop of Elmham.

Bedwinus was consecrated in 673 or soon afterwards and died sometime after 693.

Career as bishop

Bedwinus 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Or Beaduwine or Badwine

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Colgrave, Bertram (1969). Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Reprinted with Corrections ed.). Oxford University Press.