Wilgred of Lindisfarne

Wilgred
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Installed 928
Term ended 944
Predecessor Tilred
Successor Uchtred
Personal details
Died 944
Denomination Christian

Wilgred of Lindisfarne (or Wigred) (died 944) was Bishop of Lindisfarne between 928 and 944.[1][2] He was also known as the Bishop of Chester-Le-Street and the Bishop of the Church of St Cuthbert. He attested charters of King Æthelstan between 928 and 934, and the bishopric in his time was probably the greatest landholder between the Tees and the Tyne.[3]

Citations

  1. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 216
  2. The Catholic Encyclopedia accessed on 29 August 2007
  3. Keynes, Attestations, Table XXXVII; Molyneaux, The Formation of the English Kingdom, p. 30

References

Christian titles
Preceded by
Tilred
Bishop of Lindisfarne
928–944
Succeeded by
Uchtred


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