Headda
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Headda | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
| Installed | c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester) |
| Term ended | c. 721 (death) |
| Predecessor | Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester) |
| Successor | Aldwine |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 691 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 721 |
Headda[a] (died c. 721) was an early medieval Bishop of Lichfield.[b]
Career
[edit | edit source]Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727.[1] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield.[1] In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac.[2]
Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede.[3]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Or Headdus or Eatheadus of Sidnacester
- ^ For "Sidnacester", see Bishop of Lindsey
Citations
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Headda 7 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England; see also Headda 6
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