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Sigeric (
950? –
October 28 994) was the
Archbishop of Canterbury from
990–
994.
It is unclear whether the epithet "The Serious" originated from his learning, or if it derived from transliteration of his name into
Latin as
Serio.
Biography
Sigeric was educated at
Glastonbury Abbey, where he took
holy orders. He was elected
Abbot of
St Augustine's in about 975 to 990, and
consecrated by
Archbishop Dunstan to the
See of Ramsbury and Sonning in 985 or 986. He was transferred to the
see of Canterbury in 990. He may have been a disciple of Dunstan's.
Sigeric made the
pilgrimage to
Rome following the
Via Francigena to receive his
pallium circa 990, and contemporary records of this journey still exist.
It was Sigeric who advised
King Æthelred to pay a tribute to the invading Danish king
Sweyn Forkbeard in 991. Æthelred presented Sweyn with 10,000 pounds of silver, in response to which Sweyn temporarily ceased his destructive advance into England, though he later returned for further tribute. Sweyn's ever-increasing demands in the following years resulted in a debilitating tax known as the
Danegeld, payable by the inhabitants of Æthelred's territories.
In 994, Sigeric paid tribute to the Danes to protect
Canterbury Cathedral from being burned.
While Sigeric was an abbot,
Ælfric dedicated a book of translated homilies to him. He also advised King Æthelred to found
Cholsey Abbey in
Berkshire in honor of King
Edward the Martyr, as well as having Edward memorialized at
Shaftesbury Abbey.
Sigeric died on
October 28 994.
[ He was buried in Christ Church, Canterbury.][ His will left wall hangings to Glastonbury][ as well as a valuable collection of books to his church at Sonning.]
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