Oswald of Selsey

This article is about the 8th century Bishop of Selsey. For other uses, see Oswald.

Oswald
Bishop of Selsey
See	Diocese of Selsey
Reign ended	between 772 and 780
Predecessor	Aluberht
Successor	Gislhere
Orders
Consecration	between 747 and 765
Personal details
Died	between 772 and 780
Denomination	Catholic

Oswald (died circa 776) was a medieval Bishop of Selsey, often called Osa for short.

Life

In 765 Oswald witnessed a charter of Osmund, King of Sussex.^[1]

In 772 Oswald received a grant from Osfrith, King of Mercia.^[2]

Kelly rather quaintly suggested “It is possible that Osa was a kinsman of King Osmund, and of the contemporary Oslac and Oswald, who also seem to have been regarded as kings before 772”.^[3]

Oswald was consecrated between 747 and 765, and died between 772 and 780.^[4]

See also

• Kings of Sussex
• Kingdom of Sussex

Notes

1. ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S48 accessed on 25 August 2007
2. ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S108 accessed on 25 August 2007
3. ^ Kelly Charters of Selsey^{[page needed]}
4. ^ 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: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6. 

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Oswald

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Aluberht	Bishops of Selsey flourished about 765	Succeeded by Gislhere

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Name	Oswald
Alternative names	Osa
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