Cynewulf of Lindisfarne

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Church	Catholic
In office	740
Predecessor	Æthelwald
Successor	Higbald
Personal details
Died	783

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne was the Bishop of Lindisfarne from 740 to 780. He resigned the see in 780 and died in 783.^[1] It is possible that he was also the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.

In 750 Cynewulf was imprisoned by Eadberht of Northumbria^[2] for giving sanctuary to Prince Offa during a dynastic clash.

Citations

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238
↑ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 126

References

Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

Cynewulf 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Catholic Encyclopedia highlighting the possible link with the poet Cynewulf

Religious titles
Preceded by Æthelwald	Bishop of Lindisfarne 740–780	Succeeded by Higbald

Bishops of Lindisfarne

Based at Lindisfarne	Aidan Finan Colmán Tuda United to York Eata Cuthbert Eadberht Eadfrith Æthelwold Cynewulf Higbald Egbert Egfrid Ecgred Eanbert Eardulf

Based at Chester-le-Street	Eardulf Cutheard Tilred Wilgred Uchtred Sexhelm Aldred Ælfsige Aldhun

Modern titular bishops	Victor Guazzelli John Arnold

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