__NOTOC__ Cyneberht was a medieval

Bishop of Lindsey The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey. History The diocese of Lindsey (Lindine) was established when ...

. Cyneberht was consecrated between 716 and 731. He died in 731.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 His death is recorded in the second continuation of the medieval chronicler

Bede Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...

's '' Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' under the year 732.Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' p. 64 He was also one of the informants for Bede's historical works, mainly for information about his diocese.Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' p. 79 Bede recorded Cyneberht's information as coming from "the most reverent Bishop Cyneberht".Quoted in Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' p. 79

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