A priest from York, he set out as a missionary to Goathland where he built a wooden church bearing a cross. When one of his staff died the grave was also marked with a cross. This did the trick. The cross symbol brought droves of converts.

Off founding new churches, the original church at Wexlow was attacked by pagans and those left in charge murdered.

The converted King wished to execute the murderers, but Sigfrid said no. So the King fined them heavily instead.

But the stubborn priest wouldn’t take the money and built the church with great financial difficulty. This seemed to increase his popularity and when he died his tomb became very famous for miracles.

Share this page Cite this article

Article last revised on April 07, 2019 by the Godchecker data dwarves.
Editors: Peter J. Allen, Chas Saunders

References: Coming soon.

Permissions page

---