Sicga
Sicga († February 22, 793 ) (also called Siga or Sigha ) was a nobleman from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria .
Sicga is mentioned for the first time when he had to testify in 786 before a council meeting under the papal envoy Giorgio I, the bishop of Ostia . He is recorded in the records as Sigha patricius , which is probably best translated as Ealdorman .
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that Sicga murdered King Ælfwald I near Scythlecester (probably today's Chesters) on September 23, 788 .
The death of Sicga on February 22, 793 is reported by both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Symeon of Durham . The latter adds that Sicga suicide committed. Despite this fact, and although he was considered a regicide, he was buried in Lindisfarne Monastery .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kirby, pp. 153f
- ^ Epistolae (in quart) 4: Epistolae Karolini aevi (II). Published by Ernst Dümmler u. a. Berlin 1895, p. 28 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ms. D, see also 789.
- ↑ Yorke, p. 242
- ^ Williams, p. 14.
literature
- Epistolae (in quart) 4: Epistolae Karolini aevi (II). Published by Ernst Dümmler u. a. Berlin 1895 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- Kirby, DP: The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445691-3
- Williams, Ann; Smyth, Alfred P. & Kirby, DP: A Biographical Dictionary of Dark-Age Britain: England, Scotland and Wales c. 500-c. 1050. London: Seaby, 1991. ISBN 1-85264-047-2
- Yorke, Barbara: The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain c. 600-800. London: Longman, 2006. ISBN 0-582-77292-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sicga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siga; Sigha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ealdorman in Northumbria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 793 |