Wighelm

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Wighelm
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Selsey
Title Bishop of Selsey
Period in office before 909
Predecessor Guthheard
Successor Beornheah
Personal
Date of death 909

Wighelm is a probable Bishop of Selsey.

Kelly[1] notes that a bishop of this name attests a number of charters of Edward the Elder between 900 and 909, and attributes him to Selsey on the basis of a later composite document containing earlier material.[2]

He died sometime between 909 and 925.[3]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6
  2. ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1206 accessed on August 25, 2007
  3. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

[edit] Sources

  • Barker, E. 1947. Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1. Sussex Archælogical Collections 86: 42-101
  • Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6
  • 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. 

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Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Guthheard		 Bishop of Selsey
before 909		 Succeeded by
Beornheah
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Persondata
NAME Wighelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Selsey
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 909
PLACE OF DEATH