Aldwine
8th-century Bishop of Lichfield and Bishop of Leicester
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Aldwine[a] (died 737) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield and Bishop of Leicester.
Aldwine | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
| Appointed | between 716 and 727 |
| Term ended | 737 |
| Predecessor | Headda |
| Successor | Witta |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 716 and 727 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 737 |
History
Around 721 Aldwine succeeded Headda as bishop of the Mercians; his see was at Lichfield.[1] He held the see of Leicester at the same time as he was at Lichfield.[2] Between the years 723 and 737, Aldwine witnessed a charter of Æthelbald of Mercia granting to the Earl Aethilric 20 hides of land to build the minster of St. Mary at Wootton Wawen.[3] In June 731, he participated in the consecration of the Mercian abbot Tatwine as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Aldwine died in 737.
Notes
- Or Aldwyn, Ealdwine, Uuor, or Wor
