Cynewulf from Lindisfarne
Cynewulf of Lindisfarne (also Cwynewulf ; † 783 ) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Lindisfarne from 740 to 780 .
Life
In 750, Prince Offa, son of Aldfrith , fled from his enemies to church asylum in Lindisfarne Cathedral, but was captured and murdered anyway. Bishop Cynewulf, who did not prevent this, was temporarily imprisoned in Bamburgh by King Eadberht of Northumbria and declared deposed. The diocese was co-administered by Bishop Friothubert von Hexham until Eadberht was reconciled with Cynewulf and reinstated him.
Modern historians see Eadberht as the alleged sponsor of Offa's murder. Cynewulf would be a prominent member of a conspiracy against the king that was supposed to bring Offa to the crown.
Cynewulf resigned his episcopate in 780 and retired to the hermitage on the Farne Islands , where he died in 782 or 783.
He may be identical with the poet Cynewulf , who lived around the same time.
swell
- Symeon of Durham , History of the Church of Durham
- Symeon of Durham, Historia regum Anglorum et Dacorum
- anonymous, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Kirby, DP: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, New York 2000, ISBN 0-415-24211-8 .
- Maurice Powicke and EB Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed.London: Royal Historical Society 1961
Web links
- Symeon von Durham , Translator: J. Stevenson: The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham . In: Church Historians of England, volume III, part II . Seeley's. 1855. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in Project Gutenberg (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings page 126
- ↑ a b c History of the Church of Durham, Kap XVII, XIX
- ↑ Historia regum Anglorum et Dacorum
- ↑ a b Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology, page 238
- ^ Cynewulf at newadvent.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| St. Æthelwald |
Bishop of Lindisfarne 740–780 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cynewulf from Lindisfarne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cwynewulf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Lindisfarne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 783 |