Sigar of Wells

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name =Sigar of Wells


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Wells
Title = Bishop of Wells
Period = 975–c996
Predecessor = Cynweard
Successor =Aelfwin
ordination =
bishops =
post =Abbot of Glastonbury
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =about 996
place of death =

Sigar (or Sigegar) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells.

He was a monk at WinchesterKnowles "The Monastic Order in England" p. 65 note 3] before becoming abbot of Glastonbury Abbey about 970.Knowles "Heads of Religious Houses" p. 50-51] He was consecrated in 975 and died 28 June in either 996 or 997.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 222]

Notes

References

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* Knowles, David "The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216" Second Edition Cambridge:Cambridge University Press 1963 ISBN 0-521-05479-6
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External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=17858 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Sigegar]

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NAME=Sigar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Sigegar
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Wells
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DATE OF DEATH=996 or 997
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