Higbald of Lindisfarne

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Higbald of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Lindisfarne
In office	781–802
Predecessor	Cynewulf
Successor	Egbert
Personal details
Died	24 June 803

Higbald of Lindisfarne (or Hygebald) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780^[1] until his death on 24 June 803. Powicke gives his death date as 25 May 802.^[1] Little is known about his life except that he was a regular communicator with Alcuin of York; it is in his letters to Alcuin that Higbald described in graphic detail the Viking raid on Lindisfarne on 8 January 793 in which many of his monks were killed.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238

References

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

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cynewulf	Bishop of Lindisfarne 780–803	Succeeded by Egbert

v t e Bishops of Lindisfarne

Aidan Finan Colmán Tuda United to York Eata of Hexham Cuthbert Eadberht Eadfrith Æthelwold Cynewulf Higbald Egbert Egfrid Ecgred Eanbert Eardulf Cutheard Tilred Wilgred Uchtred Sexhelm Aldred Ælfsige Aldhun

Persondata
Name	Higbald
Alternative names	Hygebald
Short description	Bishop of Lindisfarne
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	24 June, 803
Place of death

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