Stigand of Selsey

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Stigand of Selsey
Senior posting
Denomination	Catholic
See	Diocese of Selsey Diocese of Chichester
Title	Bishop of Selsey Bishop of Chichester
Period in office	1070–1087
Predecessor	Æthelric II
Successor	Godfrey
Religious career
Previous post	royal chaplain
Personal
Date of death	1087

You might be looking for Stigand, the last Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury.

Stigand was the last Bishop of Selsey, and first Bishop of Chichester.

[edit] Life

Stigand was a chaplain to the king^[1]^[2] before being appointed Bishop of Selsey in 1070 within a week of the deposition of Æthelric II. At the Council of London in 1075 the South Saxon see was transferred to Chichester.^[3]^[4] Stigand was one of the bishops that consecrated Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury on August 29, 1070, so he had already been consecrated bishop by that date.^[1]

Stigand was then Bishop of Chichester until his death in 1087, possibly on August 29.^[5]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b British History Online Bishops of Chichester accessed on October 20, 2007
^ Barlow, Frank, The English Church p. 62
^ Kelly Charters of Selsey
^ Barlow The English Church p. 48
^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 238

[edit] References

Barlow, Frank The English Church 1066-1154 London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
British History Online Bishops of Chichester accessed on October 20, 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Æthelric II	Bishop of Selsey 1070–1075	see moved to Chichester
New title see moved from Selsey	Bishop of Chichester 1075–1087	Succeeded by Godfrey

Persondata
NAME	Stigand of Selsey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Selsey, Bishop of Chichester
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1087
PLACE OF DEATH