Hædde
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Denomination | Catholic |
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Senior posting | |
See | Diocese of Winchester |
Title | Bishop of Winchester |
Period in office | 676–705 |
Predecessor | Leuthere |
Successor | Daniel |
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Date of death | 705 |
Hedda | |
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Bishop | |
Born | Headingley, West Yorkshire |
Died | 7 July 705 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholicism; Anglican Communion |
Major shrine | Old Minster, then Winchester Cathedral (destroyed) |
Feast | 7 July |
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Hædde (or Hedda, Hedde, Haedda, Haeddi) (died 705) was a medieval Bishop of Winchester.
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[edit] Life
He was supposedly born in Headingley in West Yorkshire, and became a monk of Whitby Abbey. He was bishop of Wessex from 676. He moved the see to Winchester around 690 and died about July 7, 705.[1] After his death, he was revered as a saint.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 257
[edit] References
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
[edit] External links
- Early British Kingdoms Haedda
- Patron Saints Index: Hedda
- Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Hædde
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Preceded by Leuthere |
Bishop of Winchester 676–705 |
Succeeded by Daniel |
Persondata | |
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NAME | Hædde |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hedda; Hedde; Haedda; Haeddi |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Winchester |
DATE OF BIRTH | |
PLACE OF BIRTH | |
DATE OF DEATH | 705 |
PLACE OF DEATH |