Higbald of Lindisfarne (or Hygebald) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780 or 781 until his death on 25 May 803.[1] Little is known about his life except that he was a regular communicator with Alcuin of York; it is in his letters to Alcuin that Higbald described in graphic detail the Viking raid on Lindisfarne on 8 June 793 in which many of his monks were killed.
Higbald of Lindisfarne | |
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Bishop of Lindisfarne | |
Appointed | 780 or 781 |
Term ended | 25 May 803 |
Predecessor | Cynewulf |
Successor | Egbert |
Personal details | |
Died | 25 May 803 |
Denomination | Christian |
Higbald has long been thought to be identical with the Speratus addressed in a letter by Alcuin of 797, but this is no longer viewed as likely.[2]
Citations edit
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
- ^ Donald A. Bullough, 'What has Ingeld to do with Lindisfarne?', Anglo-Saxon England, 22 (1993), 93-125; doi:10.1017/S0263675100004336.
References edit
- 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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