Ælfsige

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For the 11th century Bishop of Winchester, see Ælfsige (bishop of Winchester).
Ælfsige
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed 958
Term ended 959
Predecessor Oda
Successor Byrhthelm
Other posts Bishop of Winchester
Orders
Consecration 951
Personal details
Born unknown
Died 959
the Italian Alps

Ælfsige (or Aelfsige; died 959) was Bishop of Winchester before he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 959.

Life

Ælfsige became Bishop of Winchester in 951.[1] In 958 he was translated from the see of Winchester to become archbishop of Canterbury.[2]

Ælfsige died of cold in the Alps as he journeyed to Rome to be given his pallium by Pope John XII.[3] In his place King Eadwig nominated Byrhthelm, Bishop of Wells. Ælfsige's will survives and shows that he was married,[4] with a son, Godwine of Worthy, who died in 1001 fighting against the Vikings.[5]

Citations

  1. ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223
  2. ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
  3. ↑ Ortenberg "Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy" English Church & the Papacy p. 49
  4. ↑ Stafford Unification and Conquest p. 58
  5. ↑ Yorke "Ælfsige" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

References

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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Winchester
951–959		 Succeeded by
Beorhthelm of Winchester
Preceded by Archbishop of Canterbury
958–959		 Succeeded by
Byrhthelm
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