About Higbald of Lindisfarne
Lived 800 – 803. Higbald of Lindisfarne was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Higbald of Lindisfarne (or Hygebald) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780 or 781 until his death on 25 May 803. Little is known about his life except that he was a regular communicator with Alcuin of York; it is in his letters to Alcuin that Higbald described in graphic detail the Viking raid on Lindisfarne on 8 June 793 in which many of his monks were killed.
Higbald has long been thought to be identical with the Speratus addressed in a letter by Alcuin of 797, but this is no longer viewed as likely.
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Who was Higbald of Lindisfarne?
Bishop of Lindisfarne
When was Higbald of Lindisfarne born?
Higbald of Lindisfarne was born in 800.
When did Higbald of Lindisfarne die?
Higbald of Lindisfarne died on 25 May 803.
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Higbald of Lindisfarne was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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