Æthelwine of Lindsey
7th-century Bishop of Lindsey and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Æthelwine[lower-alpha 1] (died c. 700) was the second bishop of Lindsey from around 680,[1] and is regarded as a saint.[2]
Æthelwine | |
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Bishop of Lindsey | |
Appointed | c. 680 |
Term ended | c. 700 |
Predecessor | Eadhæd |
Successor | Edgar |
Orders | |
Consecration | c. 680 |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 700 |
Denomination | Christian |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 3 May or 20 June |
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.[3][4] 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.[5]
Æthelwine probably died around 700. His feast day is 3 May or 29 June.[2] The even less well evidenced Saint Aldwyn is sometimes identified with his brother.