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Edgar Of Lindsey
__NOTOC__ Edgar (or Eadgar) was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey. Edgar was consecrated possibly in 693. He died between 716 and 731.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 Citations References * External links * Bishops of Lindsey {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Lindsey
The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey. History The diocese of Lindsey (Lindine) was established when the large Diocese of Mercia was divided in the late 7th century into the bishoprics of Lichfield and Leicester (for Mercia itself), Worcester (for the Hwicce), Hereford (for the Magonsæte), and Lindsey (for the Lindisfaras). The bishop's seat at ''Sidnacester'' (Syddensis) has been placed, by various commentators, at Caistor, Louth, Horncastle and, most often, at Stow, all in present-day Lincolnshire, England. The location remains unknown. More recently Lincoln has been suggested as a possible site. After an interruption by the Danish Viking invasions and establishment of the Danelaw The Danelaw (, also known as the Danelagh; ang, Dena lagu; da, Danelagen) was the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelwine Of Lindsey
__NOTOC__ Æthelwine (died ) was the second bishop of Lindsey from around 680,Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 and is regarded as a saint.Farmer ''Oxford Dictionary of Saints'' p. 182 Other than a couple of references in Bede's '' Historia'' to Æthelwine and his family, very little is known of him. One brother, named Edilhun (i.e. Æthelhun), a "youth of great capacity of the English nobility", is said by Bede to have died of the plague while visiting a monastery in Ireland in the year 664. Another brother, Aldwin, was abbot at Partney, and a sister, Æthelhild, was an abbess. Bede tells of her visiting Queen Osthryth at Bardney Abbey in about 697. She was still alive when Bede was writing in the 720s.Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', book 3.11 Æthelwine probably died around 700. His feast day is 3 May or 29 June. The even less well evidenced Saint Aldwyn In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyneberht Of Lindsey
__NOTOC__ Cyneberht was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey. Cyneberht was consecrated between 716 and 731. He died in 731.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 His death is recorded in the second continuation of the medieval chronicler Bede's ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum The ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'' ( la, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict be ...'' under the year 732.Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' p. 64 He was also one of the informants for Bede's historical works, mainly for information about his diocese.Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' p. 79 Bede recorded Cyneberht's information as coming from "the most reverent Bishop Cyneberht".Quoted in Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' p. 79 Notes Citations References * * External links * Bishops of Lindsey 731 deaths Year of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious .... It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
