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
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.

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