Cynweard

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name =Cyneweard


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Wells
Title = Bishop of Wells
Period = c973–975
Predecessor = Wulfhelm
Successor =Wulfhelm II
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post =Abbot of Milton
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date of death = 28 June 975
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Cyneweard was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was a monk of Glastonbury AbbeyKnowles "The Monastic Order in England" p. 65 note 3] before becoming abbot of Milton Abbey in 964.Knowles "Heads of Religious Houses" p. 56] He was consecrated bishop about 973, and died on 28 June 975.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 222]

Notes

References

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* Knowles, David "The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216" Second Edition Cambridge:Cambridge University Press 1963 ISBN 0-521-05479-6
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External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=7704 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Cyneweard]

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