Wighelm

Wighelm is a probable Bishop of Selsey.

Wighelm
Bishop of Selsey
Appointedbefore 909
Term endedbetween 909 and 925
PredecessorGuthheard
SuccessorBeornheah
Personal details
Diedbetween 909 and 925
DenominationChristian

Wighelm's see is uncertain, but as he is the sole episcopal witness on a charter, involving land in the area, suggests that he had authority in Sussex.[1][2]

Wighelm died sometime between 909 and 925.[3]

Citations
  1. Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xci and pp. 65-67
  2. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1206 accessed on 25 August 2007
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

References
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.

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