Sigehelm

Sigehelm
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointedeither around 909 or between 918 and 925
Term endedbetween 932 and 934
PredecessorÆthelbald
SuccessorAlfred
Orders
Consecrationeither around 909 or between 918 and 925
Personal details
Diedbetween 932 and 934
DenominationChristian

Sigehelm[1][a] was an Anglo-Saxon medieval Bishop of Sherborne.

Sigehelm was consecrated either around 909 or between 918 and 925. He died between 932 and 934.[1]

Embassy to India

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the year 883, King Alfred sent Sigehelm to India to the shrines of St Thomas and St Barthoholew. This made Sigehelm the first recorded Anglo-Saxon to travel to India.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Latin: Sigelmus or Sigehelmus (and other minor variations)

Citations

  1. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
  2. ^ Green, Caitlin R. (2026). "King Alfred and India: an Anglo-Saxon Embassy to Southern India in the Ninth Century". Early Medieval England and its Neighbours. 52. doi:10.1017/ean.2025.5. ISSN 3033-3679.
  3. ^ "Alfred the Great's Indian Embassy | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.



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