Ælfsige

For the 11th century Bishop of Winchester, see Ælfsige (bishop of Winchester).

Ælfsige
Archbishop of Canterbury
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Diocese of Canterbury
See	Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed	958
Reign ended	959
Predecessor	Oda
Successor	Byrhthelm
Other posts	Bishop of Winchester
Orders
Consecration	951
Personal details
Born	unknown
Died	959 the Italian Alps

Ælfsige (or Aelfsige; died 959) was Bishop of Winchester before he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 959.

Life

Ælfsige became Bishop of Winchester in 951. In 958 he was translated from the see of Winchester to become archbishop of Canterbury.

Ælfsige died of cold in the Alps as he journeyed to Rome to be given his pallium by Pope John XII. In his place King Eadwig nominated Byrhthelm, Bishop of Wells. Ælfsige'a will survives, and shows that Ælfsige was married, with a son Godwine of Worthy, who died in 1001 fighting against the Vikings.

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. 
• Ortenberg, Veronica (1965). "The Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy". In Lawrence, C. H.. The English Church and the Papacy in the Middle Ages (1999 reprint ed.). Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 29–62. ISBN 0-7509-1947-7. 
• Stafford, Pauline (1989). Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6532-4. 
• Yorke, Barbara (2004). "Ælfsige (d. 959)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/192. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/192. Retrieved 7 November 2007.  subscription or UK public library membership required

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England: Ælfsige

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ælfheah I	Bishop of Winchester 951–959	Succeeded by Beorhthelm of Winchester
Preceded by Oda the Severe	Archbishop of Canterbury 958–959	Succeeded by Byrhthelm