Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey) explained

Type:	Bishop
Leofwine
Bishop of Lindsey
Religion:	Christian
Successor:	Sigeferth
Consecration:	c. 953
Death Date:	after 953

Leofwine was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.

Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after. 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,^[1] and afterwards the combined see is usually known as Bishop of Lindsey.^[2] It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester.^[1]

References

• Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: The Making of Early England . Kirby, D. P. . 1967 . Schocken Books . New York. Reprint .

Notes and References

1. Kirby Making of Early England p. 92
2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219