Diocese of Crediton

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The Diocese of Crediton was a historic Anglo-Saxon bishopric in Devon, England, that served as an early ecclesiastical center before its functions were transferred to the later Diocese of Exeter.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Crediton canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon bishopric ⓘ
historic diocese ⓘ
associatedWithSaint Saint Boniface ⓘ
bishopTitle Bishop of Crediton ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Plymouth
cathedralStatus had cathedral at Crediton ⓘ
church Church of England (pre-Reformation English Church) ⓘ
linked to: Church of England
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
denomination Western Christianity ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Canterbury ⓘ
establishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
establishedInYear 909 ⓘ
finalBishop Leofric ⓘ
firstBishop Eadwulf of Crediton ⓘ
functionsTransferredTo Diocese of Exeter ⓘ
governedBy bishop of Crediton ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Plymouth
governedUnder English crown ⓘ
historicalEra Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
historicalSignificance early ecclesiastical centre in south-west England ⓘ
jurisdictionType diocese ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Roman liturgy ⓘ
locatedIn Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty Devonshire ⓘ
linked to: Devon
mergedInto Diocese of Exeter ⓘ
notableBishop Eadwulf of Crediton ⓘ
Leofric ⓘ
Lyfing of Crediton ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon Church structure ⓘ
predecessor Bishopric of Sherborne ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Sherborne
primaryLanguage Latin ⓘ
reasonForSuppression translation of the see to Exeter by King Edward the Confessor ⓘ
regionServed Cornwall ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
seeCity Crediton ⓘ
seeTransferredTo Exeter ⓘ
seeTranslatedBy Edward the Confessor ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Diocese of Exeter ⓘ
successorSeeCathedral Exeter Cathedral ⓘ
suppressedInCentury 11th century ⓘ
suppressedInYear 1050 ⓘ
territorialExtent most of Devon ⓘ
much of Cornwall ⓘ
timePeriod c. 909–1050 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocese of Exeter → predecessorSee → Diocese of Crediton ⓘ
Leofric → appliesToJurisdiction → Diocese of Crediton ⓘ
Eadwulf of Crediton → diocese → Diocese of Crediton ⓘ
Eadwulf of Crediton → seeAlso → Diocese of Crediton ⓘ