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Sexhelm of Lindisfarne

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

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

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

References

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  • 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.
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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lindisfarne
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