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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type        = Bishop
| name        = Eadhæd
| title       = [[Bishop of Ripon (ancient)|Bishop of Ripon]]
| image       = List of the Bishops of Ripon.jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = List of bishops at {{nowrap|[[Ripon Cathedral]]}}
| religion      = Christian
| term        = {{circa}} 679
| term_end =
| predecessor = new foundation
| successor   = united to [[Bishop of York|York]]
| consecration   = 678
| death_date    =
| previous_post = [[Bishop of Lindsey]]
}}
'''Eadhæd'''{{efn|Or '''Eadhedus''' or '''Eadheath''' or '''Eadhaed'''}} was a medieval [[Bishop of Lindsey]] and sole [[Bishop of Ripon (ancient)|Bishop of Ripon]] in the Medieval era.
Eadhæd was a companion of [[Chad of Mercia]].<ref name=Kirby91>Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 91</ref> He was consecrated in 678. He was expelled from Lindsey and was made Bishop of Ripon around 679.<ref name=Handbook219>Fryde, et al.  ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219</ref> This was part of the process whereby Bishop [[Wilfrid]] of York's large diocese was broken into three parts, with new bishoprics established at York, Hexham and Ripon.<ref name=Reread159>Higham ''(Re-)reading Bede'' pp. 159–160</ref> Along with Eadhæd, Bosa was appointed to York and Eata was appointed to Hexham.<ref name=Handbook217>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 217</ref><ref name=Handbook224>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224</ref> The medieval chronicler [[Bede]], in his work ''[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'', barely mentions Eadhæd outside of the division of the diocese.<ref name=Reread159/> It appears that the see of Ripon was especially created to find a place for Eadhæd after his expulsion from Lindsey, for bishops were not usually appointed to that see.<ref name=Farmer59>Farmer "Saint Wilfrid" ''Saint Wilfrid at Hexham'' p. 59 footnote 55</ref>
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==References==
* {{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
* {{cite book |author=Higham, N. J. |title=(Re-)reading Bede: The Ecclesiastical History in Context |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |year=2006 |isbn=0-415-35368-8 }}
* {{cite book |author=Kirby, D. P.  |title=The Earliest English Kings |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=0-415-24211-8 }}
==External links==
* {{PASE|17747|Eadhæd 1}}
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{{short description|7th-century Bishop of Lindsey and Bishop of Ripon}}
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