Ælfwold II of Sherborne

For other people of the same name, see Ælfwald.

Ælfwold II
Bishop of Sherborne
Appointed	1045
Term ended	1058
Predecessor	Brihtwine II
Successor	Herman
Orders
Consecration	1045
Personal details
Born	unknown
Died	1058
Denomination	Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	25 March
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodox Church
Shrines	Sherborne Abbey, Dorset (destroyed)

Ælfwold II (Latin: Ælfwoldus, Ælfvoldus, or Alfvoldus; died 1058 AD) was a Bishop of Sherborne in Dorset.

Life

Little is known of Ælfwold apart from the information given by William of Malmesbury. He was at first a monk of Winchester,^[1] then was consecrated Bishop of Sherborne in 1045,^[2] succeeding his own brother Brithwine. His frugality of life served as a powerful contrast to the contemporary custom of riotous banqueting after the example of the Danish monarchs.

Ælfwold 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.

Ælfwold died in 1058.^[2] He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican Churches.

Citations

↑ Thurston, Herbert. "St. Alfwold." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 1 Jan. 2013
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Brihtwine II	Bishop of Sherborne 1045–1058	Succeeded by Herman

Bishops of Sherborne

Medieval diocesans	Saint Aldhelm Forthhere Herewald Æthelmod Denefrith Wigberht Eahlstan Saint Heahmund Æthelheah Wulfsige Asser Æthelweard Wærstan Æthelbald Sigehelm Alfred Wulfsige II Ælfwold I Æthelsige I Wulfsige III Æthelric Æthelsige II Brithwine I Ælfmaer Brihtwine II Saint Ælfwold II Herman see merged with Ramsbury and removed to Old Sarum

Modern suffragans	Robert Abbott Gerald Allen Harold Rodgers Maurice Key Victor Pike John Kirkham (became first area bishop) see area bishops Graham Kings (previously last area bishop) Karen Gorham (designate)

Modern area bishops	John Kirkham Tim Thornton Graham Kings

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

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