Winfrith (bishop) explained

Winfrith
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed:	672
Consecration:	672
Ended:	deposed between 672 and 676
Predecessor:	Chad of Mercia
Successor:	Seaxwulf

Winfrith was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Winfrith was consecrated in 672 and deprived of his see between 672 and 676.^[1] He was deposed by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury for disobedience.^[2]

References

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Stenton, F. M. . Frank Stenton . Anglo-Saxon England . 1971. Oxford University Press . Oxford, UK . Third . 978-0-19-280139-5 .

Notes and References

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
2. Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 137