Hædde (died 705) was a medieval monk and
Bishop of Winchester
The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. The Bishop of Winchester has always held ''ex officio'' (except ...
.
Life
Hædde is believed to have been born in
Headingley,
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...
, and became a monk of
Whitby Abbey.
[Benedictine Monks of Ramsgate. ''The Book of Saints'' p.254][Hunt. ''Dictionary of National Biography'' pp.361-362]
He became bishop in 676 and died about 7 July 705,
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 223] although the ''
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of A ...
'' states that he died in 703.
[Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 41] In the law code of King
Ine of Wessex
Ine, also rendered Ini or Ina, ( la, Inus; c. AD 670 – after 726) was King of Wessex from 689 to 726. At Ine's accession, his kingdom dominated much of southern England. However, he was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecess ...
, the bishop is mentioned as contributing to the laws.
[Yorke ''Conversion of Britain'' p. 235] After his death, he was revered as a saint with a feast day of 7 July, and his large diocese was split in two,
[Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 107] part of the area forming the
Diocese of Sherborne.
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Patron Saints Index: Hedda
705 deaths
Northumbrian saints
West Saxon saints
Bishops of Winchester
People from Headingley
Yorkshire saints
8th-century Christian saints
8th-century English bishops
Year of birth unknown
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