Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey)

For other uses, see Leofwine (disambiguation).

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. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
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.

External links

• Leofwine 10 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Burgheard or Eadberht	Bishop of Lindsey c. 953	Succeeded by Sigeferth