Wynfrid

Family: Church · Role: bishop · First appears: Book IV · Chap. III

Life events

• c. 668 · Theodore ordained Wynfrid to preside over the Mercian, Midland Angles, and Lindsey bishoprics.(Book IV · Chap. III)
  • With: Theodore
  • “In his place, Theodore ordained Wynfrid, a man of good and sober life, to preside, like his predecessors, over the bishoprics of the Mercians, the Midland Angles, and Lindsey”
• 670 · Theodore assembled the bishops and teachers at Herutford to deliberate on the Church’s affairs.(Book IV · Chap. V · 📍 Herutford)
  • With: Theodore Bisi Wilfrid Putta Leutherius
  • “We met on the 24th day of September, the first indiction, at the place which is called Herutford: I, Theodore, albeit unworthy, appointed by the Apostolic see bishop of the church of Canterbury; our fellow priest and brother, the most reverend Bisi, bishop of the East Angles; and with us also our brother and fellow priest, Wilfrid, bishop of the nation of the Northumbrians, represented by his proxies.”
• 673 · The synod defined ten church articles, which the bishops confirmed by subscription.(Book IV · Chap. V · 📍 Herutford)
  • With: Theodore Bisi Wilfrid Putta Leutherius Titillus
  • “These articles being thus discussed and defined in common, to the end, that for the future, no stumbling-block of contention might arise from any one of us, or that things be falsely set forth, it was thought fit that every one of us should, by the subscription of his own hand, confirm all the particulars so defined. Which judgement, as defined by us, I dictated to be written by Titillus our notary.”
• c. 673 · Theodore deposed Wynfrid from his bishopric.(Book IV · Chap. VI)
  • With: Theodore
  • “deposed him from his bishopric when he had held it but a few years”
• c. 673 · Wynfrid returned to Ad Barvae and died there.(Book IV · Chap. VI · 📍 Ad Barvae)
  • “Wynfrid, thus deposed, returned to his monastery which is called Ad Barvae, and there ended his life in holy conversation.”

Book IV · Chap. III

• sworn: Theodore (Theodore ordains Wynfrid to the bishoprics.) “In his place, Theodore ordained Wynfrid, a man of good and sober life, to preside, like his predecessors, over the bishoprics of the Mercians, the Midland Angles, and Lindsey”
• employer: Ceadda (Wynfrid served Ceadda as a deacon.) “Wynfrid was one of the clergy of the prelate he succeeded, and had for no small time filled the office of deacon under him.”

Book IV · Chap. V

• with Theodore (Theodore addressed and asked Wynfrid to agree to the synod's rules.) “I, Theodore, albeit unworthy, appointed by the Apostolic see bishop of the church of Canterbury; our fellow priest and brother, the most reverend Bisi, bishop of the East Angles; and with us also our brother and fellow priest, Wilfrid, bishop of the nation of the Northumbrians, represented by his proxies. There were present also our brothers and fellow priests, Putta, bishop of the Kentish castle, called Rochester; Leutherius, bishop of the West Saxons, and Wynfrid, bishop of the province of the Mercians. When we were all met together, and had sat down in order, I said, ‘I beseech you, most dear brothers, for the fear and love of our Redeemer, that we may all treat in common on behalf of our faith; to the end that whatsoever has been decreed and defined by holy and approved fathers, may be inviolably observed by all of us.’ This and much more I spoke tending to charity and the preservation of the unity of the Church; and when I had ended my preface, I asked every one of them in order, whether they consented to observe the things that had been of old canonically decreed by the fathers?”

Book IV · Chap. VI

• with Theodore (Theodore deposed Wynfrid for disobedience.) “Theodore, the archbishop, taking offence at some act of disobedience of Wynfrid, bishop of the Mercians, deposed him from his bishopric”

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