Sexwulf

Family: Mercians · Role: bishop, founder and abbot · First appears: Book IV · Chap. VI

Life events

• c. 673 · Theodore ordained Sexwulf bishop in Wynfrid’s place.(Book IV · Chap. VI)
  • With: Theodore
  • “and in his place ordained Sexwulf bishop”
• 676 · Sexwulf granted Putta a church and land, where Putta ended his days.(Book IV · Chap. XII)
  • With: Putta
  • “he went to Sexwulf, bishop of the Mercians, and having received of him a certain church, and a small piece of land, ended his days there in peace;”

Book IV · Chap. VI

• sworn: Theodore “in his place ordained Sexwulf bishop”

Book IV · Chap. XII

• protégé: Putta “he went to Sexwulf, bishop of the Mercians, and having received of him a certain church, and a small piece of land, ended his days there in peace”

Also listed in Mercians — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.