Sexhelm of Lindisfarne

Sexhelm
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Installed	947
Term ended	947
Predecessor	Uchtred
Successor	Aldred
Personal details
Died	947
Denomination	Catholic

Sexhelm of Lindisfarne (died 947) was Bishop of Lindisfarne for six months in 947.^[1]

Sexhelm was probably the Sexhelm mentioned in Walter Scott's Marmion:

Was by the prelate Sexhelm made

A place of burial for such dead

As, having died in mortal sin,

Might not be laid the church within.

Citations

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 216

References

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

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Uchtred	Bishop of Lindisfarne 947	Succeeded by Aldred

Bishops of Lindisfarne

Based at Lindisfarne	Aidan Finan Colmán Tuda United to York Eata Cuthbert Eadberht Eadfrith Æthelwold Cynewulf Higbald Egbert Egfrid Ecgred Eanbert Eardulf

Based at Chester-le-Street	Eardulf Cutheard Tilred Wilgred Uchtred Sexhelm Aldred Ælfsige Aldhun

Modern titular bishops	Victor Guazzelli John Arnold

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