Wighelm

Wighelm
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed before 909
Term ended between 909 and 925
Predecessor Guthheard
Successor Beornheah
Personal details
Died between 909 and 925
Denomination Catholic

Wighelm is a probable Bishop of Selsey.

Wighelm's see is uncertain, but as he is the sole episcopal witness on a charter, involving land in the area, suggests that he had authority in Sussex.[1][2]

Wighelm died sometime between 909 and 925.[3]

Citations

  1. ↑ Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xci and pp. 65-67
  2. ↑ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1206 accessed on 25 August 2007
  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. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726175-2. 

Further reading

  • Barker, E. (1947). "Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1". Sussex Archaeological Collections 86: 42–101. 

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Guthheard		 Bishop of Selsey
c. 909 - c. 912 		Succeeded by
Beornheah
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