Heahmund
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointedbetween 867 and 868
Term ended871
PredecessorEahlstan
SuccessorÆthelheah
Orders
Consecrationbetween 867 and 868
Personal details
Died22 March 871
Battle of Marton
DenominationChristian
Sainthood
Feast day22 March
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

Heahmund was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne. He was a warrior-bishop and he was killed fighting against the Danes for the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred I of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great.[1]

Heahmund was consecrated in 867 or 868.[2] He died at the Battle of Meretun in 871. As his death is assigned to 22 March in the English calendar of saints the battle and his death can be dated 22 March 871.[3] He was buried at Keynsham in Somerset.[4]

Heahmund is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.[5]

References

  1. ^ Alfred P. Smyth (1995). King Alfred the Great. Oxford University Press. p. 476. ISBN 9780198229896.
  2. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  3. ^ Beaven, Murray (July 1918). "The Beginning of the Year in the Alfredian Calendar (866-87)". English Historical Review. 33 (131): 334.
  4. ^ Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael, eds. (1983). Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources. London, UK: Penguin Classics. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-14-044409-4.
  5. ^ В, Левицький В. В. , Соловйова О. Антологія англійської мови: тексти з коментарями, вправи та етимологічний словник [англ.]: Навчальний посібник. Нова Книга. ISBN 9789663823676.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Christian titles Preceded byEahlstan Bishop of Sherborne c. 868–871 Succeeded byÆthelheah


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