Event: Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot
Ceolfrith 1
-Monks.appointment of
Sigefrith 3
Asserted in:
Bede.HistAb
10
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Scholarly Info
Description
Ceolfrith 1
and the brethren [
Anonymi 718
] chose
Sigefrith 3
as abbot of Wearmouth
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
after Eosterwine's death; during Biscop's sixth visit to Rome
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Ceolfrith 1
(
Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, 688-716
)
Agent
:
Anonymi 718
(
The monks of Wearmouth
) : the brethren helped choose
Sigefrith 3
Recipient
:
Sigefrith 3
(
Joint abbot of Wearmouth, d.689
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Wearmouth: St Peter's: (
Monasterium
), now
Monkwearmouth, Durham