title: Sigar of Wells
text: # Sigar of Wells
  
  Sigar (or Sigegar; died c. 996) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells.
  
  Sigar was a monk at Winchester before becoming abbot of Glastonbury Abbey about 970. He was consecrated in 975 and died 28 June in either 996 or 997.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ Knowles Monastic Order in England p. 65 note 3
  * ↑ Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses pp. 50–51
  * ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
  