Odulf

Evesham Abbey bell tower

Odwulf of Evesham, also known as Odulf,^[1] was a ninth century saint,^[2] monk and Frisian missionary.^[3] He died in 855AD.^[4]

He is recorded in the Medieval Secgan Hagiography^[5] the Medieval Hagiography of Saint Ecgwine^[6] and the Ave presul glorioseI Augustine psalter, where his linked with Oda of Canterbury, hagiography of St Odulf, and Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham^[7]

He is buried in Evesham,^[8] with Saints Ecgwine and Wigstan.^[9]

References

1. William George Searle, Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum: A List of Anglo-Saxon Proper Names from the Time of Beda to that of King John. (Cambridge University Press, 2012)Page 363.
2. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press.
3. Emma Hornby, David Nicholas Maw, Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell (Boydell & Brewer, 2010) pager 19.
4. Emma Hornby, David Nicholas Maw, Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell (Boydell & Brewer, 2010) pager 19.
5. Stowe MS 944, British Library
6. On St. Odulf see ‘The Medieval Hagiography of Saint Ecgwine’, p.79 & p.83. This notes that Abbot Ælfweard occupied himself with increasing Evesham’s prestige, and purchased the relics of Saint Odulf.
7. Mullins, E. L. C. (1958). Texts and Calendars I: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks No. 7. London: Royal Historical Society.
8. Evesham Abbey and the Parish Churches: A Guide, p.8; The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, p.387
9. Emma Hornby, David Nicholas Maw, Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell (Boydell & Brewer, 2010) page 10.