Aldwine

Aldwine[lower-alpha 1] (died 737) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield and Bishop of Leicester.

Aldwine
Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester
Appointedbetween 716 and 727
Term ended737
PredecessorHeadda
SuccessorWitta
Orders
Consecrationbetween 716 and 727
Personal details
Died737

History

Around 721 Aldwine succeeded Headda as bishop of the Mercians; his see was at Lichfield.[1] He held the see of Leicester at the same time as he was at Lichfield.[2] Between the years 723 and 737, Aldwine witnessed a charter of Æthelbald of Mercia granting to the Earl Aethilric 20 hides of land to build the minster of St. Mary at Wootton Wawen.[3] In June 731, he participated in the consecration of the Mercian abbot Tatwine as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Aldwine died in 737.

Notes

  1. Or Aldwyn, Ealdwine, Uuor, or Wor

Citations

References

  • 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.

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