- Hædde
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name = Hædde
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Winchester
Title =Bishop of Winchester
Period = 676–705
Predecessor =Leuthere
Successor =Daniel
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date of death =705
place of death =Infobox Saint
name=Hedda
birth_date=
death_date=7 July 705
feast_day=7 July
venerated_in=Roman Catholicism ; Anglican Communion
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birth_place=Headingley ,West Yorkshire
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titles=Bishop
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major_shrine=Old Minster, thenWinchester Cathedral (destroyed)
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issues=Hædde (or Hedda, Hedde, Haedda, Haeddi) (died 705) was a medieval
Bishop of Winchester .Life
He was supposedly born in
Headingley inWest Yorkshire , and became a monk ofWhitby Abbey . He was bishop of Wessex from 676. He moved the see toWinchester around 690 and died aboutJuly 7 705 .Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 257] After his death, he was revered as a saint.ee also
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List of bishops of Winchester Notes
References
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
External links
* [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/haedda.html Early British Kingdoms Haedda]
* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth65.htm Patron Saints Index: Hedda]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=13012 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Hædde]Persondata
NAME=Hædde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Hedda; Hedde; Haedda; Haeddi
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Winchester
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DATE OF DEATH=705
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