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Heahmund

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9th-century Bishop of Sherborne and saint

Heahmund
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointedbetween 867 and 868
Term ended871
PredecessorEahlstan
SuccessorÆthelheah
Orders
Consecrationbetween 867 and 868
Personal details
Died22 March 871
DenominationCatholic
Sainthood
Feast dayMarch 22
Venerated inCatholic Church
Title as SaintBishop andmartyr

Heahmund (orHamund) was a medievalBishop of Sherborne. He was a warrior-bishop and he was killed fighting against theDanes for theAnglo-Saxon KingÆthelred I of Wessex and his brother, the future KingAlfred the Great.[1]

Heahmund wasconsecrated in 867 or 868.[2] He died at theBattle 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 atKeynsham inSomerset.[4] In the Catholic Church, he is venerated as a martyr with his feast day on March 22.[5]


References

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  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. ^Fleming, William (1902).A Complete History of the British Martyrs, from the Roman Occupation to Elizabeth's Reign. London, UK: Proprietors of the Catholic Repository. p. 42.

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Christian titles
Preceded byBishop of Sherborne
c. 868–871
Succeeded by
see at Sherborne
see atOld Sarum
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