Sexhelm of Lindisfarne

Sexhelm of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne for six months, but the year is unknown.[1]

Sexhelm
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Installedunknown
Term endedunknown
PredecessorUchtred
SuccessorAldred
Personal details
Diedunknown
DenominationChristian

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

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214

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.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Uchtred
Bishop of Lindisfarne
??
Succeeded by
Aldred

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