Sigar of Wells
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Sigar of Wells | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Wells | |
| Elected | 975 |
| Term ended | c. 996 |
| Predecessor | Cynweard |
| Successor | Ælfwine |
| Other post(s) | Abbot of Glastonbury |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 975 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 996 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Sigar (or Sigegar; died c. 996) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells.
Sigar was a monk at Winchester[1] before becoming abbot of Glastonbury Abbey about 970.[2] He was consecrated in 975 and died 28 June in either 996 or 997.[3]
Citations
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[edit]- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Knowles, David (1976). The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940–1216 (Second reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
- Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216 (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
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