Sigeferth of Selsey

Sigeferth
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	before 733
Term ended	between 747 and 765
Predecessor	Eolla
Successor	Aluberht
Orders
Consecration	733 by Tatwine
Personal details
Died	between 747 and 765
Denomination	Christian

Sigeferth or Sigefirth or Sicgga, was the third Bishop of Selsey, consecrated in 733[1] by Tatwine, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sigeferth was still bishop in 747, when he attended the Synod of Clofesho.[2] His date of death was sometime between 747 and 765.[3]

Citations

1. Kelly "South Saxons, kings of the (act. 477–772)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. Kelly, Charters of Selsey p. 32
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

References

• 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.
• Kelly, S. E. (2004). "South Saxons, kings of the (act. 477–772)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52344. Retrieved 24 November 2007. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
• Kelly, S.E (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters. Vol. VI. OUP for the British Academy. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.

External links

• Sigefrith 4 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Eolla	Bishops of Selsey 733–after 747	Succeeded by Aluberht