Sigeferth of Selsey

Sigeferth
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed before 733
Term ended between 747 and 765
Predecessor Eolla
Successor Aluberht
Orders
Consecration 733
by Tatwine
Personal details
Died between 747 and 765
Denomination Christian

Sigeferth or Sigefirth or Sicgga, was the third Bishop of Selsey, consecrated in 733[1] by Tatwine, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sigeferth was still bishop in 747, when he attended the Synod of Clofesho. His date of death was sometime between 747 and 765.[2]

Citations

  1. Kelly "South Saxons, kings of the (act. 477–772)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Kelly, S. E. (2004). "South Saxons, kings of the (act. 477–772)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52344. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Eolla
Bishops of Selsey
733–after 747
Succeeded by
Aluberht

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