Winfrith (bishop)

Winfrith
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed672
Term endeddeposed between 672 and 676
PredecessorChad of Mercia
SuccessorSeaxwulf
Orders
Consecration672

Winfrith[a] was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Winfrith was consecrated in 672 and deprived of his see between 672 and 676.[1] He was deposed by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury for disobedience.[2]


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  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. ^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 137