Being madebishop in this last country, he filled it with oratories and churches,and by planting the true spirit of Christ in the hearts of many, settledthat church in a most flourishing condition. About the year543. Paulini, c. 4, de Principiis Philos.
He was applied to learning as soon as he was capable ofinstruction, and sent to the court of king Clotaire I. Four years after this, the people dragged himout of his retirement by main force, and conveyed him into the army, todefend them against the cruel king Penda, who had made war upon theEast-Angles. That diocese is extendedone hundred and thirty leagues along the coast, comprising three cities,and many towns and villages, with inn Sigefride ordained two bishops, the one of East, the other of WestGothland, or Lingkoping, and Scara.
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