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Æthelwine (died ) was the second
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 whe ...
from around 680,
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219] and is regarded as a saint.
[Farmer ''Oxford Dictionary of Saints'' p. 182]
Other than a couple of references in
Bede
Bede ( ; ang, BÇ£da , ; 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'' to Æthelwine and his family, very little is known of him. One brother, named Edilhun (i.e. Æthelhun), a "youth of great capacity of the English nobility", is said by Bede to have died of the plague while visiting a monastery in Ireland in the year 664. Another brother, Aldwin, was abbot at
Partney, and a sister, Æthelhild, was an abbess. Bede tells of her visiting Queen
Osthryth at
Bardney Abbey
Bardney Abbey in Lincolnshire, England, was a Benedictine
, image = Medalla San Benito.PNG
, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation ...
in about 697. She was still alive when Bede was writing in the 720s.
[Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', book 3.11]
Æthelwine probably died around 700. His feast day is 3 May or 29 June.
[ The even less well evidenced ]Saint Aldwyn
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
is sometimes identified with his brother.
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7th-century deaths
Bishops of Lindsey
7th-century English bishops
7th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
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