Cyneweard of Glastonbury

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Cyneweard
Bishop of Wells
Province Canterbury
Installedc. 973 or 974
Term ended975
Predecessor Byrhthelm
Successor Sigar
Personal details
Died28 June 975
Previous post(s) Abbot of Milton

Cyneweard (died 975) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was a monk of Glastonbury Abbey [1] before becoming abbot of Milton Abbey in 964. [2] He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Wells in about 973 or 974, and died in office on 28 June 975. [3] His death is mentioned in the short Old English poem "The Death of King Edgar", [4] which occurs in the entry for 975 of two of the manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle .

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Citations

  1. Knowles Monastic Order in England p. 65 note 3
  2. Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 56
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
  4. Bragg Lyric Speakers p. 70

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Christian titles
Preceded by
Byrhthelm
Bishop of Wells
c. 973–975
Succeeded by
Sigar