Heahmund

Heahmund
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointed	between 867 and 868
Term ended	871
Predecessor	Eahlstan
Successor	Æthelheah
Orders
Consecration	between 867 and 868
Personal details
Died	871
Denomination	Christian

Heahmund (Latin: Heamundus^[1]) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.

Heahmund was consecrated between 867 and 868 AD. He died in 871.^[2] He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

Citations

↑ Scriptores rerum danicarum medii aevi Volume 9
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

Heahmund 4 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Eahlstan	Bishop of Sherborne c. 868–871	Succeeded by Æthelheah

Bishops of Sherborne

Medieval diocesans	Saint Aldhelm Forthhere Herewald Æthelmod Denefrith Wigberht Eahlstan Saint Heahmund Æthelheah Wulfsige Asser Æthelweard Wærstan Æthelbald Sigehelm Alfred Wulfsige II Ælfwold I Æthelsige I Wulfsige III Æthelric Æthelsige II Brithwine I Ælfmaer Brihtwine II Saint Ælfwold II Herman see merged with Ramsbury and removed to Old Sarum

Modern suffragans	Robert Abbott Gerald Allen Harold Rodgers Maurice Key Victor Pike John Kirkham (became first area bishop) see area bishops Graham Kings (previously last area bishop) Karen Gorham (designate)

Modern area bishops	John Kirkham Tim Thornton Graham Kings

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