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

References

External links

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

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 03, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.