Siward (or Sigweard) was a medieval
Bishop of Rochester.
Life
Siward was
abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The ...
of
Chertsey Abbey
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.
It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London. At the same time ...
, a
Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
abbey in
Surrey before he was selected for the
see of Rochester
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.
[British History Online Bishops of Rochester]
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was consecrated in 1058. He died in 1075.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 221] His death was commemorated on 30 October, so he probably died on that date in 1075.
[ After the appointment of Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury, the new archbishop found only four canons at Rochester under Siward's authority.][Smith "Early Community" ''English Historical Review'' p. 299]
Citations
References
British History Online Bishops of Rochester
accessed on 30 October 2007
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Bishops of Rochester
11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1075 deaths
Abbots of Chertsey
Benedictine abbots
British Benedictines
Year of birth unknown
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