Stigand of Selsey

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name =Stigand of Selsey


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Selsey
Diocese of Chichester
Title = Bishop of Selsey
Bishop of Chichester
Period = 1070–1087
Predecessor = Æthelric II
Successor =Godfrey
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post =royal chaplain
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date of death =1087
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:"You might be looking for Stigand, the last Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury."

Stigand was the last Bishop of Selsey, and first Bishop of Chichester.

Life

Stigand was a chaplain to the king [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 British History Online Bishops of Chichester] accessed on 20 October 2007] Barlow, Frank, "The English Church" p. 62] before being appointed Bishop of Selsey in 1070 within a week of the deposition of Æthelric II. At the Council of London in 1075 the South Saxon see was transferred to Chichester. [Kelly "Charters of Selsey"] Barlow "The English Church" p. 48] Stigand was one of the bishops that consecrated Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury on 29 August 1070, so he had already been consecrated bishop by that date.

The organization of his diocese into prebends may have begun under Stigand.Hudson "Land, Law, and Lordship" p. 235]

Stigand was then Bishop of Chichester until his death in 1087, possibly on 29 August.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 238]

Notes

References

* Barlow, Frank "The English Church 1066-1154" London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 British History Online Bishops of Chichester] accessed on 20 October 2007
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* Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" 6

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