Wulfsige III
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Wulfsige was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.
He was nominated about 993. He died on 8 January 1002.
Wulfsige had a good pedigree as part of the tenth century reform movement. He had been a monk of Glastonbury under Dunstan
, became a monk of Westminster during Dunstan's tenure as Bishop of London (959-88), was appointed abbot there by King Edgar the Peaceful (960s), and in 993 (or 994) was appointed bishop of Sherborne by King Æthelred the Unready. It was as bishop of Sherborne that Wulfsige presided over the refoundation of the cathedral community as a Benedictine Abbey in 998. In 1998 a one-day conference was held to celebrate the refoundation of the abbey of Sherbone, and a collection of essays, St Wulfsige and Sherborne, was published in 2005.
He was nominated about 993. He died on 8 January 1002.
Wulfsige had a good pedigree as part of the tenth century reform movement. He had been a monk of Glastonbury under Dunstan
Dunstan
Dunstan was an Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. His work restored monastic life in England and reformed the English Church...
, became a monk of Westminster during Dunstan's tenure as Bishop of London (959-88), was appointed abbot there by King Edgar the Peaceful (960s), and in 993 (or 994) was appointed bishop of Sherborne by King Æthelred the Unready. It was as bishop of Sherborne that Wulfsige presided over the refoundation of the cathedral community as a Benedictine Abbey in 998. In 1998 a one-day conference was held to celebrate the refoundation of the abbey of Sherbone, and a collection of essays, St Wulfsige and Sherborne, was published in 2005.