Sigeferth of Selsey

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name =Sigeferth


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Selsey
Title = Bishop of Selsey
Period = 733–after 747
Predecessor = Eolla
Successor =Aluberht
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Sigeferth or Sigefirth or Sicgga, was the third Bishop of Selsey, consecrated in 733Kelly "South Saxons, kings of the (act. 477–772)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52344 Online Edition] accessed 24 November 2007] by Archbishop Tatwine, and was still bishop in 747, when he attended the Synod of Clofesho. His date of death was sometime between 747 and 765.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 221]

ee also

*Kings of Sussex
*Kingdom of Sussex

Notes

References

* Kelly, S. E. "South Saxons, kings of the (act. 477–772)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52344 Online Edition] accessed 24 November 2007
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External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=17627 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Sigefirth]

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Sicgga, Sigga, Sigefirth
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Selsey
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DATE OF DEATH=after 747
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