Wini

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

Life events

c. 633 · Coinwalch appointed Wini to an episcopal see after dividing his province.(Book III · Chap. VII · 📍 city of Venta)
- With: Coinwalch
- “and dividing his province into two dioceses, appointed this last his episcopal see in the city of Venta, by the Saxons called Wintancaestir”
c. 633 · Wini purchased the see of London from Wulfhere and remained its bishop.(Book III · Chap. VII · 📍 city of London)
- With: Wulfhere
- “Wini was also expelled from his bishopric by the same king, and took refuge with Wulfhere, king of the Mercians, of whom he purchased for money the see of the city of London”
c. 664 · Wini consecrated Ceadda bishop of the church of York.(Book III · Chap. XXVIII · 📍 the province of the West Saxons)
- With: Ceadda
- “where Wini was bishop, and by him Ceadda was consecrated”

sworn: Coinwalch “and dividing his province into two dioceses, appointed this last his episcopal see in the city of Venta, by the Saxons called Wintancaestir.”
patron: Wulfhere “Wini was also expelled from his bishopric by the same king, and took refuge with Wulfhere, king of the Mercians, of whom he purchased for money the see of the city of London”

liege: Ceadda “whereupon they betook themselves to the province of the West Saxons, where Wini was bishop, and by him Ceadda was consecrated”

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