Bedwinus
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Bedwinus was an English cleric who was the first Bishop of Elmham. Bedwinus was consecrated in 673 or soon afterwards and died sometime after 693.
Bedwinus was an English cleric who was the first Bishop of Elmham. Bedwinus was consecrated in 673 or soon afterwards and died sometime after 693.
Career as bishop
Bedwinus was the first cleric to be appointed bishop of the See of Elmham; which was created alongside the See of Dunwich to replace the larger Diocese of East Anglia. The diocese was split by Theodore of Tarsus, the Archbishop of Canterbury; who appointed Bedwinus as bishop.
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