Kenstec

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| name = Kenstec

| title = Bishop of Cornwall

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| religion = Christian

| appointed = between 823 and 870

| term_end = unknown

| predecessor =

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| consecration = between 823 and 870

| death_date = before a period between 888 and 893

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Kenstec was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

Kenstec was consecrated between 823 and 870. His death date was sometime before 893.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214

Kenstec's seat lay in "the monastery of Dinuurrin"' which may be Bodmin. He professed obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury, marking a stage in the incorporation of Cornwall into the English church. It is not clear whether there was only one bishop in Cornwall at this time, as there may have been another at St Germans, and it is also not clear whether Cornish bishoprics continued into the later ninth century.Orme Saints of Cornwall pp. 8-9

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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, UK |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
  • {{cite book |author=Orme, Nicholas |title=The Saints of Cornwall |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, UK |year=2000 }}