Sexhelm of Lindisfarne

Infobox Bishop
name =Sexhelm


religion =Catholic
see =Diocese of Lindisfarne
bishop_of = Bishop of Lindisfarne
enthroned = 947
ended = 947
predecessor = Uchtred
successor =Aldred
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death_date = 947
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Sexhelm of Lindisfarne (died 947) was Bishop of Lindisfarne for six months in 947.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 216]

He was probably the Sexhelm mentioned in Walter Scott's "Marmion":

:"Was by the prelate Sexhelm made:"A place of burial for such dead:"As, having died in mortal sin,:"Might not be laid the church within."

Notes

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

* [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/peter.friesen/default.asp?go=1016 Canto II of Walter Scott's Marmion]

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