Sideman (bishop)

Sideman
Bishop of Crediton
Church	Catholic
Elected	973
Term ended	977
Predecessor	Ælfwold I
Successor	Ælfric
Personal details
Died	977

Sideman (or Sidemann) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton.

Sideman was elected to Crediton in 973. He died on 30 April or 1 May or 2 May in 977.^[1] According to Byrhtferth of Ramsey, Sideman was a protégé of Ælfhere, ealdorman of Mercia. The same source says that Edward the Martyr was fostered by Sideman for a time before Edward's father's death.^[2] He died at a Royal council held at Kirtlington in Oxfordshire in 977 and was buried at Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

Citations

1. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
2. Hart "Edward [St Edward; called Edward the Martyr] (c.962–978)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Hart, Cyril (2004). "Edward [St Edward; called Edward the Martyr] (c.962–978)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2007 ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-04-07.

External links

• Sidemann 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England