- Ascwinus
Infobox bishopbiog
name = Ascwinus
religion =Catholic
See =Bishop of Dorchester
Title =
Period = c977–1002
Predecessor =Alnothus
Successor =Alfhelmus
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date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =c896
place of death =Ascwinus (or Œswy or Æscwig) was a medieval Bishop of Dorchester, when the city was seat of the united dioceses of Lindsey and Dorchester.
He was consecrated between 975 and 979 and died in 1002.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 219]
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References
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
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