Ælfheah the Bald
Ælfheah the Bald | |
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Bishop of Winchester | |
Appointed | 934 or 935 |
Term ended | 12 March 951 |
Predecessor | Byrnstan |
Successor | Ælfsige I |
Orders | |
Consecration | 934 or 935 |
Personal details | |
Born | Ælfheah |
Died | 12 March 951 |
Buried | Old Minster in Winchester |
Denomination | Christian |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 12 March |
Ælfheah the Bald is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (died 12 March 951), the first English Bishop of Winchester of that name. He is sometimes known as Alphege, an older translation of his Old English name.
Life
Ælfheah may have been a relative of Dunstan.[1] He certainly began his career as a monk at the court of King Athelstan of England[citation needed] and was made Bishop of Winchester in 934 or 935 .[2] He was an early mover towards the monastic reforms of the next generation and was tutor of Aethelwold.[citation needed] He died on 12 March 951[2] and was buried in Old Minster in Winchester. He was subsequently revered as a saint.[3]
Citations
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Walsh, Michael A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West London: Burns & Oates 2007 ISBN 0-86012-438-X
External links
- Ælfheah 19 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Catholic Online Saints and Angels: Alphege
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Preceded by Byrnstan | Bishop of Winchester 934–951 | Succeeded by Ælfsige I |
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634–1006
- Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester
- Agilbert, Bishop of Dorchester
- Wine
- Leuthere
- Hædde
- Daniel
- Hunfrith
- Cyneheard
- Æthelheard
- Ecgbald
- Dudd
- Cyneberht
- Ealhmund
- Wigthegn
- Herefrith (disputed)
- Eadmund (disputed)
- Eadhun
- Helmstan
- Swithun
- Ealhferth
- Tunbeorht
- Denewulf
- Frithestan
- Beornstan/Byrnstan
- Ælfheah I
- Ælfsige I
- Beorhthelm
- Æthelwold I
- Ælfheah II
1006–1304
- Cenwulf
- Æthelwold II
- Ælfsige II
- Ælfwine
- Stigand
- Walkelin
- William Giffard
- Henry of Blois
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1305–1501
1501–1820
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- John Ponet
- Stephen Gardiner
- John White
- Robert Horne
- John Watson
- Thomas Cooper
- William Wickham
- William Day
- Thomas Bilson
- James Montague
- Lancelot Andrewes
- Richard Neile
- Walter Curle
- Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
- Brian Duppa
- George Morley
- Peter Mews
- Jonathan Trelawny
- Charles Trimnell
- Richard Willis
- Benjamin Hoadly
- John Thomas
- Brownlow North
1820–current
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- Samuel Wilberforce
- Harold Browne
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- Mervyn Haigh
- Alwyn Williams
- Falkner Allison
- John Taylor
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