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The '''bishop of Lindisfarne''' is an [[Episcopal polity|episcopal]] title which takes its name after the [[tidal island]] of [[Lindisfarne]], which lies just off the northeast coast of [[Northumberland]], England. The title was first used by the [[Anglo-Saxons]] between the 7th and 10th centuries. In the reign of Æthelstan (924–939) Wigred, thought by Simon Keynes to have been Bishop of Chester-le-Street, attested royal charters.<ref>Keynes, Atlas, Table XXXVII</ref> According to George Molyneaux, the church of [[St Cuthbert]] "was in all probability the greatest landholder between the Tees and the Tyne".{{sfn|Molyneaux|2015|p=30}} Traditionally, following the chronology of the twelfth-century writer [[Symeon of Durham]], historians have believed that the body of St Cuthbert and centre of the diocese lay at Chester-le-Street from the ninth century until 995, but recent research has suggested that the bishops may have been based at [[Norham]] on the [[River Tweed]] until after 1013.{{sfn|Woolf|2018|pp=232-33}} {{sfn|McGuigan|2022|pp=121-62}} The title of "bishop of Lindisfarne" is now used by the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] for a [[titular see]]. |
The '''bishop of Lindisfarne''' is an [[Episcopal polity|episcopal]] title which takes its name after the [[tidal island]] of [[Lindisfarne]], which lies just off the northeast coast of [[Northumberland]], England. The title was first used by the [[Anglo-Saxons]] between the 7th and 10th centuries. In the reign of Æthelstan (924–939) Wigred, thought by Simon Keynes to have been Bishop of Chester-le-Street, attested royal charters.<ref>Keynes, Atlas, Table XXXVII</ref> According to George Molyneaux, the church of [[St Cuthbert]] "was in all probability the greatest landholder between the Tees and the Tyne".{{sfn|Molyneaux|2015|p=30}} Traditionally, following the chronology of the twelfth-century writer [[Symeon of Durham]], historians have believed that the body of St Cuthbert and centre of the diocese lay at Chester-le-Street from the ninth century until 995, but recent research has suggested that the bishops may have been based at [[Norham]] on the [[River Tweed]] until after 1013.{{sfn|Woolf|2018|pp=232-33}} {{sfn|McGuigan|2022|pp=121-62}} The title of "bishop of Lindisfarne" is now used by the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] for a [[titular see]]. |
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[[File:England diocese map pre-925.svg|thumb|225px|The Anglo-Saxon dioceses before 925]] |
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The Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lindisfarne were [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinaries]] of several [[early medieval]] [[episcopal see]]s (and [[diocese]]s) in [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] and pre-[[Norman Conquest|Conquest]] [[Kingdom of England|England]]. The first such see was founded at [[Lindisfarne]] in 635 by [[Aidan of Lindisfarne|Saint Aidan]].<ref>{{Catholic|no-icon=1|prescript=|wstitle=Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne}}</ref> |
The Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lindisfarne were [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinaries]] of several [[early medieval]] [[episcopal see]]s (and [[diocese]]s) in [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] and pre-[[Norman Conquest|Conquest]] [[Kingdom of England|England]]. The first such see was founded at [[Lindisfarne]] in 635 by [[Aidan of Lindisfarne|Saint Aidan]].<ref>{{Catholic|no-icon=1|prescript=|wstitle=Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne}}</ref> |