Seaxwulf (before 676 – c. 692) was the founding abbot of the Mercian monastery of Medeshamstede, and an early medieval bishop of Mercia. Very little is...
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foundations and built upon them, and then entrusted it to a monk who was called Seaxwulf. He was a great friend of God, and all people loved him, and he was very...
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Winfrith Bishop of Lichfield Appointed 672 Term ended deposed between 672 and 676 Predecessor Chad of Mercia Successor Seaxwulf Orders Consecration 672...
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II dies at Rome 10 months after being consecrated. Approximate date – Seaxwulf, bishop of Mercia, founds All Saints' Church at Brixworth in England. Bilge...
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kingdom); Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury; Bosel, Bishop of Worcester; Seaxwulf, Bishop of Lichfield; Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury; and many others. Aldhelm...
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records Brixworth as having a monastery, Brixworth Abbey, founded when Seaxwulf became bishop of Mercia, before the death of King Wulfhere of Mercia in...
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small boy died there, also of the plague. Sometime between 653 and 656, Seaxwulf founded a monastery at Medeshamstede. By 681, the Celtic monk, Dicul, and...
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Jaruman Chad, Bishop of the Mercians & the Lindisfaras Lichfield Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of...
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Winfrid. Deprived by Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury. c 676 bef 692 Seaxwulf Saxulf; Sexulf. Abbot of Medeshamstede (Peterborough); Saint Sexwulf. 691...
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691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester) Term ended c. 721 (death) Predecessor Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester) Successor Aldwine Orders Consecration 691...
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Medeshamstede was founded by a man named Seaxwulf, who was also its first abbot. While it is possible that Seaxwulf was a local prince, Hugh Candidus described...
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foundation of Medeshamstede Abbey (predecessor of Peterborough) in Mercia under Seaxwulf. 657 Hilda founds Whitby Abbey. 658 (Between 657 and 659) – three Mercian...
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of Medeshamstede, which later became known as Peterborough, under abbot Seaxwulf. Following the death of Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne, Alhfrith of Deira...
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II dies at Rome 10 months after being consecrated. Approximate date – Seaxwulf, bishop of Mercia, founds All Saints' Church at Brixworth in England. Ghislemar...
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