Cynesige of Lichfield
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For other uses, see Cynesige.
Cynesige | |
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Bishop of Lichfield | |
See | Diocese of Lichfield |
Appointed | bet 946–949 |
Term ended | bet 963–964 (death) |
Predecessor | Ælfwine |
Successor | Wynsige |
Orders | |
Consecration | bet 946–949 |
Personal details | |
Died | bet 963–964 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Cynesige (or Kynsy or Kinsey or Kinsius; died circa 963) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.
Cynesige was consecrated between 946 and 949 and died between 963 and 964.[1] He was a relative of Dunstan and left the king's court soon after the coronation of King Eadwig of England in January 956, along with Dunstan who was Abbot of Glastonbury at the time. The Life of Dunstan states that the reason the bishop and abbot were dismissed from court was that they denounced the new king and his new bride Ælfgifu.[2]
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References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Stafford, Pauline (1989). Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6532-4.
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Preceded by Ælfwine |
Bishop of Lichfield c. 963–c. 963 |
Succeeded by Wynsige |
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