Sexhelm of Lindisfarne
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Sexhelm of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne for six months in 947.
He was probably the Sexhelm mentioned in Walter Scott
's Marmion:
He was probably the Sexhelm mentioned in Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
's Marmion:
- Was by the prelate Sexhelm made
- A place of burial for such dead
- As, having died in mortal sin,
- Might not be laid the church within.