Hædde

Hædde
Bishop of Winchester
Appointed 676
Term ended probably 7 July 705
Predecessor Leuthere
Successor Daniel
Personal details
Born Headingley, West Yorkshire
Died probably 7 July 705
Denomination Christian
Sainthood
Feast day 7 July
Venerated in Roman Catholicism
Anglican Communion
Shrines Old Minster, then Winchester Cathedral (destroyed)

Hædde[lower-alpha 1] (died 705) was a medieval monk and Bishop of Winchester.

Life

Hædde was supposedly born in Headingley, Leeds, and became a monk of Whitby Abbey. He became bishop in 676 and died about 7 July 705,[1] although the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that he died in 703.[2] In the law code of King Ine of Wessex, the bishop is mentioned as contributing to the laws.[3] After his death, he was revered as a saint with a feast day of 7 July,[4] and his large diocese was split in two,[5] part of the area forming the Diocese of Sherborne.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Or Hedda, Hedde, Haedda, Haeddi

Citations

  1. ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223
  2. ↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 41
  3. ↑ Yorke Conversion of Britain p. 235
  4. ↑ "Hedda". Patron Saint Index. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
  5. ↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 107
  6. ↑ "List of the Bishops of Winchester". britannia.com. Retrieved 2012-11-21.

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.
  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
  • Yorke, Barbara (2006). The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain c. 600–800. London: Pearson/Longman. ISBN 0-582-77292-3.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Leuthere		 Bishop of Winchester
676–705		 Succeeded by
Daniel


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