Hædde
Bishop of Winchester (died 705)
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Hædde[a] (died 705) was a medieval monk and Bishop of Winchester.
Hædde | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Winchester | |
| Appointed | 676 |
| Term ended | probably 7 July 705 |
| Predecessor | Leuthere |
| Successor | Daniel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | probably 7 July 705 |
| Denomination | Christian |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 7 July |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism Anglican Communion |
| Title as Saint | Bishop and Monk |
| Shrines | Old Minster, Winchester Cathedral (destroyed) |
Life
Hædde is believed to have been born in Headingley, Leeds, and became a monk of Whitby Abbey.[1][2]
He was consecrated by Theodore of Tarsus in 676, and became the first West Saxon bishop to reside at Winchester instead of Dorchester-on-Thames. His episcopate spanned the reigns of four kings of the West Saxons, namely Centwine, Caedwalla and Ine. He died about 7 July 705,[3][4] although the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that he died in 703.[5] In the law code of King Ine of Wessex, the bishop is mentioned as contributing to the laws.[6] After his death, he was revered as a saint with a feast day of 7 July,[7] and his large diocese was split in two,[8] part of the area forming the Diocese of Sherborne.[9]
Notes
- Or Hedda, Hedde, Haedda, Haeddi, Heddi, St Hædde
