Alfwold

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Saint Alfwold
Bishop
Born unknown
Died 25 March 1058
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion
Major shrine Sherborne Abbey, Dorset (destroyed)
Feast 25 March
Saints Portal
Alfwold
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Sherborne
Title Bishop of Sherborne
Period in office 1045–1058
Predecessor Ælfmaer
Successor Herman
Personal
Date of death 1058
For other persons of the same name, see Ælfwald.

Alfwold (or Ælfwold) (d 1058) was a saint and Bishop of Sherborne in Dorset.

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[edit] Life

Little is known of him apart from the information given by William of Malmesbury. He was at first a monk of Winchester, then was consecrated Bishop of Sherborne in 1045,[1] succeeding his own brother Brithwyn (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.

He died in 1058.[1]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 254

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Ælfmaer		 Bishop of Sherborne
1045–1058		 Succeeded by
Herman

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

Persondata
NAME Alfwold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Sherborne, Saint
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 1058
PLACE OF DEATH
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