Sigar of Wells
British priest, cleric; Roman Catholic Bishop of Bath and Wells

Sigar of Wells

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British priest, cleric; Roman Catholic Bishop of Bath and Wells
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Sigar
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Sigar (or Sigegar; died c. 996) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells.

Sigar was a monk at Winchester before becoming abbot of Glastonbury Abbey about 970. He was consecrated in 975 and died 28 June in either 996 or 997.

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  1. ^ Knowles Monastic Order in England p. 65 note 3
  2. ^ Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses pp. 50–51
  3. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222