Winfrith (bishop)

For other uses, see Winfrith.

Winfrith
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed	672
Term ended	deposed between 672 and 676
Predecessor	Chad of Mercia
Successor	Seaxwulf

Winfrith (Winfred, Winfrede or Wynfrith) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Winfrith was consecrated in 672 and deprived of his see between 672 and 676. He was deposed by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury for disobedience.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.

External links

• Wynnfrith 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England