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Heahmund

medieval Bishop of Sherborne

SaintPre-congregation

Born

900

Died

871

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Heahmund (or Hamund) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne. A warrior bishop, he was killed fighting against the Danes for the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred I of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Alfred the Great Saint
“A warrior bishop, he was killed fighting against the Danes for the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred I of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Wikidata Q5690147 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Heahmund (CC BY-SA)

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