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Æthelwold of Winchester
Bishop of Winchester; Abbot of Abingdon
SaintKingdom of EnglandBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
910
Died
984
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Æthelwold of Winchester (also Aethelwold and Ethelwold, 904/9 – 984) was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England.
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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“Kings from Alfred the Great onwards took an interest in the Benedictine rule, but it was only in the middle of the tenth century that kings became ready to commit substantial funds to its support.” — Wikipedia
- Edward the Martyr Saint“He was an important political figure, backing Æthelred the Unready against Edward the Martyr, and playing a major advisory role during Æthelred's minority.” — Wikipedia
- Oswald of Worcester Saint“Æthelwold became the leading propagandist for the monastic reform movement, although he made enemies by his ruthless methods, and he was more extreme in his opposition to secular clergy than his fellow reformers, Saint Dunstan and Oswald of Worcester.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Wikidata Q543858 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Æthelwold of Winchester (CC BY-SA)
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