Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey)

Leofwine
Bishop of Lindsey
In officec. 953
PredecessorBurgheard or Eadberht
SuccessorSigeferth
Orders
Consecrationc. 953
Personal details
Diedafter 953
DenominationChristian

Leofwine was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.

Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after.[1] This was a reconstitution of the see after a break in the succession since the death of Burgheard (or perhaps Eadberht) in the previous century. He combined the see with Dorchester in 956,[2] and afterwards the combined see is usually known as Bishop of Lindsey.[1] It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester.[2]

  1. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. ^ a b Kirby Making of Early England p. 92