Headdi

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name =Headdi


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Lichfield
Diocese of Leicester
Title = Bishop of Lichfield
Bishop of Leicester
Period = 691–c721
Predecessor = Sexwulf
Successor =Aldwini
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Headdi (or Headda or Eatheadus of Sidnacester) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

He was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 218] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield. Headdi in 706 consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland Abbey by Saint Guthlac.Stenton "Anglo-Saxon England" Third Edition p. 49-50]

Notes

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=18041 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Headda]

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NAME=Headdi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Headda; Eatheadus of Sidnacester
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Lichfield; Bishop of Leicester
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DATE OF DEATH=between 716 and 721
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