Cyneberht of Lindsey

Cyneberht
Bishop of Lindsey
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Lindsey
In Office	c724–732
Predecessor	Edgar
Successor	Alwig
Personal details
Died	732

Cyneberht (or Embercus or Kinebertus) was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.

He was consecrated between 716 and 731. He died in 731.^[1] His death is recorded in the second continuation of the medieval chronicler Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum under the year 732.^[2] He was also one of the informants for Bede's historical works, mainly for information about his diocese.^[3] Bede recorded Cyneberht's information as coming from "the most reverent Bishop Cyneberht".^[4]

Notes

^ Fryde, et. al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
^ Higham (Re-)reading Bede p. 64
^ Higham (Re-)reading Bede p. 79
^ Quoted in Higham (Re-)reading Bede p. 79

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Higham, N. J. (2006). (Re-)reading Bede: The Ecclesiastical History in Context. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35368-8.

External links

Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Cyneberht

Religious titles
Preceded by Edgar	Bishop of Lindsey c724–732	Succeeded by Alwig

Persondata
Name	Cyneberht
Alternative names	Embercus; Kinebertus
Short description	Bishop of Lindsey
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	731
Place of death