Cyneberht
Bishop of Lindsey
Appointedbetween 716 and 731
Term ended731
PredecessorEdgar
SuccessorAlwig
Orders
Consecrationbetween 716 and 731
Personal details
Died731
DenominationChristian

Cyneberht[lower-alpha 1] was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.

Cyneberht was consecrated between 716 and 731. He died in 731.[1] His death is recorded in the second continuation of the medieval chronicler Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum under the year 732.[2] He was also one of the informants for Bede's historical works, mainly for information about his diocese.[3] Bede recorded Cyneberht's information as coming from "the most reverent Bishop Cyneberht".[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Or Embercus or Kinebertus

Citations

  1. ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. ↑ Higham (Re-)reading Bede p. 64
  3. ↑ Higham (Re-)reading Bede p. 79
  4. ↑ Quoted in Higham (Re-)reading Bede p. 79

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Higham, N. J. (2006). (Re-)reading Bede: The Ecclesiastical History in Context. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35368-8.


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