Higbald of Lindisfarne

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Higbald of Lindisfarne
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Lindisfarne
Title Bishop of Lindisfarne
Period in office 781–802
Predecessor Cynewulf
Successor Egbert
Personal
Date of death June 24, 803

Higbald of Lindisfarne (or Hygebald) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780[1] until his death on June 24, 803. Powicke gives his death date as May 25, 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 June 8, 793 in which many of his monks were killed.

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  1. ^ a b Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238

[edit] References

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

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Cynewulf		 Bishop of Lindisfarne
780 - 803		 Succeeded by
Egbert
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Persondata
NAME Higbald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hygebald
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lindisfarne
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 803
PLACE OF DEATH
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