Stigand (died 1072) was an English churchman of pre-Conquest England. He served as archbishop of Canterbury, bishop of Winchester and was twice bishop of Elmham. Stigand acted as an adviser to several members of both the Anglo-Saxon and Norman lines of English royalty. Five successive popes, including Pope Nicholas II and Pope Alexander II, excommunicated Stigand for holding both the see of Winchester and the see of Canterbury at the same time. Stigand submitted to William the Conqueror and as… (More on Stigand)