Sigeric (bishop)
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Sigeric[a] (died 28 October 994) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 990 to 994. Educated at Glastonbury Abbey, he became a monk there before becoming an abbot and then Bishop of Ramsbury before his elevation to the archbishopric. An account of his pilgrimage to Rome in 990 survives and is an important source for historians studying Rome during his lifetime.
While archbishop, Sigeric was faced with
Early career
Sigeric was educated at
Archbishop
Sigeric made the
It was Sigeric who advised King
In 994, Sigeric paid a sum of money to the Danes to protect
While Sigeric was an abbot, Ælfric dedicated a book of translated homilies to him.[16] He also advised Æthelred to found Cholsey Abbey in Berkshire (the site is now in Oxfordshire), in honour of King Edward the Martyr, as well as having Edward memorialised at Shaftesbury Abbey.[6][17]
Death and legacy
Sigeric died on 28 October 994.
Notes
Citations
- ^ Magoun "Rome of Two Northern Pilgrims" Harvard Theological Review p. 268
- ^ Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses pp. 35, 243
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
- ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 50
- ^ a b c d e Mason "Sigeric" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Ortenberg "Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy" English Church and the Papacy p. 49
- ^ a b c Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons pp. 294–295
- ^ Magoun "Two Northern Pilgrims" Harvard Theological Review p. 269
- ^ Ortenberg "Archbishop Sigeric's Journey" Anglo-Saxon England p. 197
- ^ Ortenberg "Archbishop Sigeric's Journey" Anglo-Saxon England p. 200
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 282
- ^ Williams Æthelred the Unready p. 52
- ^ Chaplais "Royal Anglo-Saxon 'Chancery'" Studies in Medieval History pp. 41–51
- ^ Loyn English Church p. 14
- ^ Knowles Monastic Order in England p. 62
- ^ Williams Æthelred the Unready p. 36
References
- ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- ISBN 0-907628-68-0.
- 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.
- Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-1738-5.
- ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
- ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
- ISBN 0-582-30303-6.
- S2CID 162737009.
- Mason, Emma (2004). "Sigeric (d. 994)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25536. Retrieved 7 November 2007. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Ortenberg, Veronica (December 1990). "Archbishop Sigeric's Journey to Rome in 990". Anglo-Saxon England. 19: 197–246. S2CID 162252800.
- Ortenberg, Veronica (1999) [1965]. "The Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy". In Lawrence, C. H. (ed.). The English Church and the Papacy in the Middle Ages (Reprint ed.). Stroud, UK: Sutton. pp. 29–62. ISBN 0-7509-1947-7.
- ISBN 1-85285-382-4.
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