Æthelwine of Wells

Æthelwine
Bishop of Wells
Elected 1013
In office 1013–c. 1023 & unknown
Predecessor Lyfing
Brihtwine
Successor Brihtwine (twice)
Orders
Consecration 1013
Personal details
Died c. 1027
Denomination Christian

Æthelwine (or Ethelwine or Aethelwine) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was consecrated 1013, and was expelled to make way for Brihtwine, but was restored and then once more expelled. He died possibly around 1027.[1]

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Further reading

  • Robinson, J. Armitage (1918). The Saxon Bishops of Wells. British Academy. pp. 50, 68–69.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Lyfing
Bishop of Wells
c. 1013–c. 1022
Succeeded by
Brihtwine
Preceded by
Brihtwine
Bishop of Wells
unknown

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