Headda | |
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Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
Installed |
c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester) |
Term ended | c. 721 (death) |
Predecessor |
Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester) |
Successor | Aldwine |
Orders | |
Consecration | 691 |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 721 |
Headda [a] (died c. 721) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. [b]
Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727. [1] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield. [1] In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac. [2]
Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon, in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede. [3]
Headda | |
---|---|
Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester | |
Installed |
c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester) |
Term ended | c. 721 (death) |
Predecessor |
Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester) |
Successor | Aldwine |
Orders | |
Consecration | 691 |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 721 |
Headda [a] (died c. 721) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. [b]
Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727. [1] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield. [1] In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac. [2]
Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon, in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede. [3]