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Ælfheah the Bald
Bishop of Winchester, Saint
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Feast: 12 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
950
Died
951
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Winchester in England, Saint Ælfheah, bishop, who, formerly a monk, worked hard for the renewal of cenobitic life.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 12 March as a bishop of Winchester who worked for the renewal of monastic life.
Connected on this site
- Edmund I Saint“Edmund inherited his brother's interests and leading advisers, such as Oda, whom he appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 941, Æthelstan Half-King, ealdorman of East Anglia, and Ælfheah the Bald, Bishop of Winchester.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q271361 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ælfheah the Bald (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.