Winfred (bishop)

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name =Winfred


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Lichfield
Title = Bishop of Lichfield
Period = 672–675
Predecessor = Chad of Mercia
Successor =Sexwulf
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Winfred (or Winfrede or Wynfrith) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

He was consecrated in 672 and deprived of his see between 672 and 676.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 218] He was deposed by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury for disobedience.Stenton "Anglo-Saxon England" Third Edition p. 137]

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References

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* Stenton, F. M. "Anglo-Saxon England" Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5

External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=17728 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Wynnfrith]

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