Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey)
10th-century Bishop of Lindsey
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Leofwine was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.
Leofwine | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lindsey | |
| In office | c. 953 |
| Predecessor | Burgheard or Eadberht |
| Successor | Sigeferth |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | c. 953 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | after 953 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after.[1] This was a reconstitution of the see after a break in the succession since the death of Burgheard (or perhaps Eadberht) in the previous century. He combined the see with Dorchester in 956,[2] and afterwards the combined see is usually known as Bishop of Lindsey.[1] It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester.[2]
