Sideman (bishop)

Sideman
Bishop of Crediton
Church Christian
Elected 973
Term ended 977
Predecessor Ælfwold I
Successor Ælfric
Personal details
Died 977

Sideman (or Sidemann) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton.

Sideman was elected to Crediton in 973. He died on 30 April or 1 May or 2 May in 977.[1] According to Byrhtferth of Ramsey, Sideman was a protégé of Ælfhere, ealdorman of Mercia. The same source says that Edward the Martyr was fostered by Sideman for a time before Edward's father's death.[2] He died at a Royal council held at Kirtlington in Oxfordshire in 977 and was buried at Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

Citations

  1. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
  2. Hart "Edward [St Edward; called Edward the Martyr] (c.962–978)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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Church of England titles
Preceded by
Ælfwold I
Bishop of Crediton
973–977
Succeeded by
Ælfric
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