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Ælfwine of Wells

Bishop of Wells

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ8077328 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ælfwine (or Aelfwin) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was consecrated about 997, and died around 998.

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References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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The public source identifies “Ælfwine of Wells” as bishop of Wells. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ælfwine, Wells and Bishop.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1000. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ælfwine, Wells and Bishop providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8077328. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ælfwine of Wells” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.