Headda
For the bishop of Hereford, see Headda of Hereford.
Headda | |
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Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
Installed |
c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester) |
Term ended | c. 721 (death) |
Predecessor |
Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester) |
Successor | Aldwine |
Orders | |
Consecration | 691 |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 721 |
Headda (or Headdus or Eatheadus of Sidnacester; died c. 721) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.[lower-alpha 1]
Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727.[1] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield.[1] In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac.[2]
Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon, in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede.[3]
Notes
- ↑ For "Sidnacester", see Bishop of Lindsey
Citations
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kelly, S. E., ed. (2009). Charters of Peterborough Abbey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 14. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197264386.
- Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
External links
- Headda 7 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England; see also Headda 6
Christian titles | ||
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Preceded by Seaxwulf |
Bishop of Lichfield 691–c. 721 |
Succeeded by Aldwine |
Preceded by Wilfrid |
Bishop of Leicester 709–c. 721 |
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