Bedwinus | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Elmham | |
| Installed | c. 673 |
| Term ended | c. 693 |
| Predecessor | Diocese Established Bifus (as Bishop of the East Angles) |
| Successor | Northbertus |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | c. 673 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 693 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Bedwinusa was an English cleric who was the first Bishop of Elmham.
Bedwinus was consecrated in 673 or soon afterwards and died sometime after 693.1
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.2
Notes
Notes
- Or Beaduwine or Badwine
References
References
- 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.
- Colgrave, Bertram (1969). Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Reprinted with Corrections ed.). Oxford University Press.