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Aldwine

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

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

History

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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

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  1. ^ Or Aldwyn, Ealdwine, Uuor, or Wor

Citations

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  1. ^ Proceedings at the Annual Meeting at Winchester, Sept. 1845, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1846, p. 99
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  3. ^ Styles, Philip, ed. (1945). "Wootton Wawen". A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 3: Barlichway Hundred. Victoria County History. London. pp. 196–295.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  • 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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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lichfield
c. 721–737
Succeeded by
Bishop of Leicester
c. 721–737
Succeeded by