Cynesige of Lichfield

For other uses, see Cynesige.

Cynesige
Bishop of Lichfield
See	Diocese of Lichfield
Appointed	bet 946–949
Reign ended	bet 963–964 (death)
Predecessor	Ælfwine
Successor	Wynsige
Orders
Consecration	bet 946–949
Personal details
Died	bet 963–964
Denomination	Catholic

Cynesige (or Kynsy or Kinsey or Kinsius; died circa 963) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Cynesige was consecrated between 946 and 949 and died between 963 and 964.^[1] He was a relative of Dunstan and left the king's court soon after the coronation of King Eadwig of England in January 956, along with Dunstan who was Abbot of Glastonbury at the time. The Life of Dunstan states that the reason the bishop and abbot were dismissed from court was that they denounced the new king and his new bride Ælfgifu.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
2. ^ Stafford Unification and Conquest pp. 47-48

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. 
• Stafford, Pauline (1989). Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6532-4. 

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Cynesige

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ælfwine	Bishop of Lichfield c. 963–c. 963	Succeeded by Wynsige

Persondata
Name	Cynesige
Alternative names	Kynsy; Kinsey; Kinsius
Short description	Bishop of Lichfield
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	circa 963
Place of death