Eadmund of Winchester

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Eadmund
Diedpossibly between 833 and 838
Nationality English
Known forOnce thought to have been Bishop of Winchester

Eadmund was a 9th-century Englishman. It had been thought he had been Bishop of Winchester between 833 and 838. [1] However, following further studies he is no longer listed to have been bishop. [2]

Notes

  1. Powicke & Fryde 1961, Handbook of British Chronology, 2nd Edition, p. 257.
  2. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, p. 223.

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