__NOTOC__ Eadhæd was a medieval

Bishop of Lindsey The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The Episcopal polity, episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey. History The diocese of Lindse ...

and sole Bishop of Ripon in the Medieval era. Eadhæd was a companion of

Chad of Mercia Chad (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk. He was an abbot, Bishop of the Northumbrians and then Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. After his death he was known as a saint. He was the brother of Bishop C ...

.Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 91 He was consecrated in 678. He was expelled from Lindsey and was made Bishop of Ripon around 679.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 This was part of the process whereby Bishop

Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and beca ...

of York's large diocese was broken into three parts, with new bishoprics established at York, Hexham and Ripon.Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' pp. 159–160 Along with Eadhæd, Bosa was appointed to York and Eata was appointed to Hexham.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 217Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224 The medieval chronicler

Bede Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most f ...

, in his work ''

Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum The ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'' (), 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 growth of Christianity. It was composed in Latin, and ...

'', barely mentions Eadhæd outside of the division of the diocese. It appears that the see of Ripon was especially created to find a place for Eadhæd after his expulsion from Lindsey, for bishops were not usually appointed to that see.Farmer "Saint Wilfrid" ''Saint Wilfrid at Hexham'' p. 59 footnote 55

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