Alfwold
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| Saint Alfwold | |
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| Bishop | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 25 March 1058 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion |
| Major shrine | Sherborne Abbey, Dorset (destroyed) |
| Feast | 25 March |
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Alfwold (or Ælfwold) (d 1058) was a saint and Bishop of Sherborne in Dorset.
Little is known of him apart from the information given by William of Malmesbury (1). He was at first a monk of Winchester, then was consecrated Bishop of Sherborne in 1045, succeeding his own brother Brihtwig (or Brihtwine). His frugality of life served as a powerful contrast to the contemporary custom of riotous banqueting after the example of the Danish monarchs.
He showed great devotion to Saint Swithun, his old patron of Winchester, and also to Saint Cuthbert, to whose shrine at Durham he made a pilgrimage. He died while singing the antiphon of Saint Cuthbert. He was in a sense the last Bishop of Sherborne, as after his death the see of Sherborne was united to that of Ramsbury.
[edit] References
- (1) William of Malmesbury (Gesta Pontificum, Bk. II, § 83)
- Acta Sanctorum, 25 March, III
- Richard Stanton, English Menology (London, 1892), 134
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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