Hædde (died 705) was a medieval monk and

Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. The Bishop of Winchester has always held ''ex officio'' (except dur ...

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Hædde is believed to have been born in

Headingley Headingley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingle ...

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

, and became a monk of

Whitby Abbey Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian ...

.Benedictine Monks of Ramsgate. ''The Book of Saints'' p.254Hunt. ''Dictionary of National Biography'' pp.361-362 He became bishop in 676 and died about 7 July 705,Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 223 although the ''

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alf ...

'' states that he died in 703.Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 41 In the law code of King

Ine of Wessex Ine, also rendered Ini or Ina, ( la, Inus; c. AD 670 – after 726) was King of Wessex from 689 to 726. At Ine's accession, his kingdom dominated much of southern England. However, he was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecessor ...

, the bishop is mentioned as contributing to the laws.Yorke ''Conversion of Britain'' p. 235 After his death, he was revered as a saint with a feast day of 7 July, and his large diocese was split in two,Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 107 part of the area forming the

Diocese of Sherborne The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat i ...

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Patron Saints Index: Hedda
705 deaths Northumbrian saints West Saxon saints Bishops of Winchester People from Headingley Yorkshire saints 8th-century Christian saints 8th-century English bishops Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub