Cynewulf of Lindisfarne

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Church	Christian
In office	740
Predecessor	Æthelwald
Successor	Higbald
Personal details
Died	783

Cynewulf of Lindisfarne was the Bishop of Lindisfarne from 740 to 780. He resigned the see in 780 and died in 783. It is possible that he was also the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.

In 750 Cynewulf was imprisoned by Eadberht of Northumbria for giving sanctuary to Prince Offa during a dynastic clash.

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