Aldwine | |
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Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
Appointed | between 716 and 727 |
Term ended | 737 |
Predecessor | Headda |
Successor | Witta |
Orders | |
Consecration | between 716 and 727 |
Personal details | |
Died | 737 |
Aldwine [a] (died 737) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield and Bishop of Leicester.
Around 721 Aldwine succeeded Headda as bishop of the Mercians; his see was at Lichfield. [1] He held the see of Leicester at the same time as he was at Lichfield. [2] Between the years 723 and 737, Aldwine witnessed a charter of Æthelbald of Mercia granting to the Earl Aethilric 20 hides of land to build the minster of St. Mary at Wootton Wawen. [3] In June 731, he participated in the consecration of the Mercian abbot Tatwine as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Aldwine died in 737.
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