Sexhelm of Lindisfarne was
Bishop of Lindisfarne
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for six months, but the year is unknown.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 214]
Sexhelm was probably the Sexhelm mentioned in
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...
's ''
Marmion'':
:Was by the prelate Sexhelm made
:A place of burial for such dead
:As, having died in mortal sin,
:Might not be laid the church within.
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Canto II of Walter Scott's Marmion
Bishops of Lindisfarne
10th-century English bishops
Year of birth unknown
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