Sigar of Wells explained

Sigar of Wells
Religion:	Christian
Bishop of Wells
Elected:	975
Consecration:	975
Ended:	c. 996
Predecessor:	Cynweard
Successor:	Ælfwine
Other Post:	Abbot of Glastonbury
Death Date:	c. 996

Sigar (or Sigegar; died c. 996) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells.

Sigar was a monk at Winchester^[1] before becoming abbot of Glastonbury Abbey about 970.^[2] He was consecrated in 975 and died 28 June in either 996 or 997.^[3]

References

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: David Knowles (scholar)

. Knowles, David . The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940–1216. David Knowles (scholar) . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1976 . Second reprint . 0-521-05479-6 .

• Book: Knowles, David . David Knowles (scholar) . London, Vera C. M. . Brooke, Christopher . Christopher N. L. Brooke . The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216. Second . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK. 2001 . 0-521-80452-3 .

Notes and References

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