Cynweard

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Cyneweard
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Wells
Title Bishop of Wells
Period in office c973–975
Predecessor Wulfhelm
Successor Wulfhelm II
Religious career
Previous post Abbot of Milton
Personal
Date of death June 28, 975

Cyneweard was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was a monk of Glastonbury Abbey[1] before becoming abbot of Milton Abbey in 964.[2] He was consecrated bishop about 973, and died on June 28, 975.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Knowles The Monastic Order in England p. 65 note 3
  2. ^ Knowles Heads of Religious Houses p. 56
  3. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

[edit] References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
  • Knowles, David The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216 Second Edition Cambridge:Cambridge University Press 1963 ISBN 0-521-05479-6
  • Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940-1216, Second Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3. 

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Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Birthelm		 Bishop of Wells
c973–975		 Succeeded by
Sigar
Persondata
NAME Cyneweard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Wells
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 975
PLACE OF DEATH
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