Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey)

Leofwine
Bishop of Lindsey
In office c. 953
Predecessor Burgheard or Eadberht
Successor Sigeferth
Orders
Consecration c. 953
Personal details
Died after 953
Denomination Christian

Leofwine was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.

Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after.[1] This was a reconstitution of the see after a break in the succession since the death of Burgheard (or perhaps Eadberht) in the previous century. He combined the see with Dorchester in 956,[2] and afterwards the combined see is usually known as Bishop of Lindsey.[1] It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester.[2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. 1 2 Kirby Making of Early England p. 92

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. (1967). The Making of Early England (Reprint ed.). New York: Schocken Books.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Burgheard
or Eadberht		 Bishop of Lindsey
c. 953		 Succeeded by
Sigeferth

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