Wine (bishop)
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| Denomination | Catholic |
|---|---|
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of London |
| Title | Bishop of London |
| Period in office | 666–c. 670 |
| Predecessor | Cedd |
| Successor | Erkenwald |
| Religious career | |
| Previous bishoprics | Bishop of Winchester |
| Personal | |
| Date of death | between 666 and 675 |
Wine (or Wini) was a medieval Bishop of London and the first Bishop of Winchester.
He was consecrated the first bishop of Winchester in 662 and translated to London in 666. He may have taken an intermediate step at Dorchester.[1]
Bede tells us that Wine was ordained bishop in the Frankish kingdom[2] and that King Cenwalh of Wessex installed him after disagreements with the previous Frankish bishop, Agilbert. Wine too was forced to leave after a few years and took refuge with Wulfhere, king of Mercia, who installed him in London.
In 665, while in Wessex, Wine took part with two Welsh bishops in the ordination of Chad as bishop of the Northumbrians[3], an act that was uncanonical because the other two bishops' ordination was not recognised by Rome. This would have resulted in his being disciplined, along with Chad, by Theodore of Tarsus, the new archbishop of Canterbury, who arrived in 669[4]. Since Bede does not list him among the miscreants at this point, it is possible he had died by this date.
Powicke gives his date of death as between 666 and 675.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 257
- ^ Bede: Ecclesiastical History of the English people, Book 3, Chapter 7
- ^ Bede:Ecclesiastical History of the English people, Book 3, Chapter 28
- ^ Bede:Ecclesiastical History of the English people, Book 4, Chapter 2
- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238
[edit] References
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
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| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by new foundation |
Bishop of Winchester 662–666 |
Succeeded by Leuthere |
| Preceded by Cedd |
Bishop of London 666–c670 |
Succeeded by Erkenwald |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wini |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of London; Bishop of Winchester |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | circa 670 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
