Sigefroi or Sifroi (Sigefridus)
was a
Norman
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Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norma ...
prelate of the early 11th century in what is today France.
Sigefroi was probably installed in the
bishopric of Sees by the lords of
Belleme around 1017. They restores some of the property of the
bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
they had monopolized in order to restore the chapter cathedral.
Sigefroi signed a charter of Guillaume de
Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...
, abbot of
Fécamp
Fécamp () is a commune in the northwestern French department of Seine-Maritime.
Geography
Fécamp is situated in the valley of the river Valmont, at the heart of the Pays de Caux, on the Alabaster Coast. It is around northeast of Le Havre, ...
in 1017.
[Jules Valin, Notice abrégée sur les évêques de Séez, Sées, 1844,] In another document Sigefroi confirms in 1020 the donation of Richard, duke of Normandy, to the church of
Sées
Sées () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It is classed as a Petite Cité de Caractère.
Geography
The commune is spread over an area of with a maximum altitude of and minimum of
It lies on the river Orne fr ...
of half of the city and the land of Boéville.
[Jules Valin, Notice abrégée sur les évêques de Séez, Sées, 1844.]
References
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11th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
Year of birth unknown
Bishops of Séez