| Ælfnoth | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 700 Stowe, Northamptonshire |
| Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Stowe, Northamptonshire |
| Feast | 27 February or 25 November |
Ælfnoth or Alnoth (died 700) was an English hermit and martyr. Little is known of his life, though he is mentioned in Jocelyn's life of Saint Werburgh as a pious neatherd at Weedon, who bore with great patience the ill-treatment of the bailiff placed over him, and who afterwards became a hermit in a very lonely spot, where he was eventually murdered by two robbers. On this ground he was honoured as a martyr; and there was some concourse of pilgrims to his tomb at Stowe near Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire. Ælfnoth is not mentioned in any surviving early calendars; his feast was later kept on 27 February or on 25 November.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "St. Alnoth". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.