Sigeric (bishop)

Sigeric
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed990
Term ended28 October 994
PredecessorÆthelgar
SuccessorÆlfric of Abingdon
Other post(s)Abbot of St Augustine's
Bishop of Ramsbury
Orders
Consecrationc. 985
by Dunstan
Personal details
Died28 October 994
BuriedChrist Church, Canterbury

Sigeric[a] (died 28 October 994) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 990 to 994. Educated at Glastonbury Abbey, he became a monk there before becoming an abbot and then Bishop of Ramsbury before his elevation to the archbishopric. An account of his pilgrimage to Rome in 990 survives and is an important source for historians studying Rome during his lifetime.

While archbishop, Sigeric was faced with Viking invasions, and supported giving money to the invaders to deter their attacks. He also advised King Æthelred the Unready on religious foundations. Sigeric died in 994 and his will gave his books to Canterbury.

  1. ^ Magoun "Rome of Two Northern Pilgrims" Harvard Theological Review p. 268


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