Eadhæd

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Eadhæd (also Eadheath , Eadhaedus , Eadhaed or Eadhed ) was an early medieval bishop of Lindsey from 678 to 679 and bishop of Ripon from 680 .

Life

Eadhæd was a priest when he accompanied King Oswiu Chad to Wessex in 664 , where he was ordained Bishop of York . After the deposition of Bishop Wilfrid of York, his diocese was divided by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury : Bosa was in 678 in York from Theodore to Bishop of Deira with seat in York, Eata as Bishop of Bernicia with seats in Hagustald ( Hexham ) and Lindisfarne (monastery ) and Eadhæd ordained first bishop of Lindsey . In 679 Æthelred of Mercia conquered the kingdom of Lindsey . Eadhæd had to leave Lindsey and in 680 became the only bishop of Ripon. Presumably the Ripon diocese was created especially for Eadhæd. He signed a charter in 685 with Eadhæd Lindissi episcopus ("Eadhæd, Bishop of Lindsey"). However, the document is considered to be a later copy or a forgery.

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literature

  • DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings. Routledge, New York 2000, ISBN 0-415-24211-8 .
  • F. Maurice Powicke, EB Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. 2nd Edition. Royal Historical Society, London 1961.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, Book 3, chap. XXVIII; see: Kirby: Earliest English Kings . P. 91.
  2. ↑ Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, Book 4, chap. XII
  3. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 678
  4. ^ Powicke: Handbook of British Chronology . P. 238.
  5. ^ Farmer: Saint Wilfrid. In: DP Kirby: Saint Wilfrid at Hexham. ISBN 0-85362-155-1 , p. 59, footnote 55
  6. ↑ p. 66
predecessor Office successor
none Bishop of Lindsey
678 - 679 		Æthelwine
predecessor Office successor
none Bishop of Ripon
680 -? 		none
personal data
SURNAME Eadhæd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eadhaedus; Eadhaeth; Eadhed; Eadhaed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lindsey and Bishop of Ripon
DATE OF BIRTH before 650
DATE OF DEATH after 685