Cynewulf of Lindisfarne

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
In office 737 or 740
Predecessor Æthelwald
Successor Higbald
Personal details
Died 782 or 783
Denomination Christian

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne was appointed as Bishop of Lindisfarne in either 737 or 740. He resigned the see in 779 or 780 and died in 782 or 783.[1] It is possible that he was also the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.

In 750 Cynewulf was imprisoned by Eadberht of Northumbria[2] for giving sanctuary to Prince Offa during a dynastic clash.

Citations

  1. ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. ↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 126

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.
  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Æthelwald		 Bishop of Lindisfarne
c. 740–c. 780		 Succeeded by
Higbald

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