Headda
7th and 8th-century Bishop of Lichfield and Bishop of Leicester
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Headda[a] (died c. 721) was an early medieval Bishop of Lichfield.[b]
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 |
Career
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
- Or Headdus or Eatheadus of Sidnacester
- For "Sidnacester", see Bishop of Lindsey
