Alphege the Bald
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- For the second Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury of this name, see Alphege
Saint Alphege the Bald is the commonly used named for Ælfheah the Bald (d. 12 March 951), the first Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester of that name.
He may have been a relative of Saint Dunstan. He certainly began his career as a monk at the court of King Athelstan and was made Bishop of Winchester in 935. He was an early mover towards the monastic reforms of the next generation and was tutor of Saint Aethelwold. He died on 12 March 951 and was buried in Old Minster in Winchester. He was subsequently revered as a saint.
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