Headda | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
| Installed | c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester) |
| Term ended | c. 721 (death) |
| Predecessor | Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester) |
| Successor | Aldwine |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 691 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 721 |
Headdaa (died c. 721) was an early medieval Bishop of Lichfield.b
Career
Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727.1 He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield.1 In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac.2
Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede.3
Citations
Citations
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
- Stenton Anglo-Saxon England pp. 49–50.
- Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey pp. 71–75
References
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.
- Kelly, S. E., ed. (2009). Charters of Peterborough Abbey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 14. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197264386.
- Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.