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Sigeric (died 28 October 994) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 990 to 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,〔Knowles, et al. ''Heads of Religious Houses'' pp. 35, 243〕 and consecrated by Archbishop Dunstan as Bishop of Ramsbury in 985 or 986.〔Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220〕 He was transferred to the see of Canterbury in 990.〔Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 214〕 He may have been a disciple of Dunstan's.〔Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 50〕 Sigeric made the pilgrimage to Rome following the Via Francigena to receive his pallium circa 990,〔Ortenberg "Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy" ''English Church and the Papacy'' p. 49〕 and contemporary records of this journey still exist.〔Hindley ''Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons'' pp. 294–295〕 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.〔Brooks ''Early History of the Church of Canterbury'' p. 282〕 In 994, Sigeric paid tribute to the Danes to protect Canterbury Cathedral from being burned.〔〔Williams ''Æthelred the Unready'' p. 52〕 In the same year, a diploma granting rights to the diocese of Cornwall and Bishop Ealdred of Cornwall stated that it was written by Sigeric, but it is unlikely that the document was actually written by the archbishop.〔Chaplais "Royal Anglo-Saxon 'Chancery'" ''Studies in Medieval History'' pp. 41–51〕 While Sigeric was an abbot, Ælfric dedicated a book of translated homilies to him.〔Knowles ''Monastic Order in England'' p. 62〕 He also advised King Æthelred to found Cholsey Abbey in Berkshire in honour of King Edward the Martyr, as well as having Edward memorialised at Shaftesbury Abbey.〔Mason "Sigeric" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕〔Williams ''Æthelred the Unready'' p. 36〕 Sigeric died on 28 October 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sigeric the Serious」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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