Æthelstan (or Athelstan; died 1056) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.
Saint Æthelstan | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Hereford | |
| Appointed | between 1013 and 1016 |
| Term ended | 10 February 1056 |
| Predecessor | Athulf |
| Successor | Leofgar of Hereford |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 1013 and 1016 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 10 February 1056 |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 10 February |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Bishop |
| Shrines | Hereford Cathedral |
Æthelstan was consecrated between 1013 and 1016.[1] Before his death, he had been blind for 13 years, and Tremerig was appointed as a suffragan bishop to assist Æthelstan. Tremerig died shortly before Æthelstan did.[2] Because of his blindness, the task of helping defend the border against the Welsh fell to the bishops of Worcester.[3]
Æthelstan died on 10 February 1056.[1] His death may have been from old age, or it may have been as a consequence of the burning of his cathedral by the Welsh shortly before.[4] After his death, he was considered for sainthood.[5] His feast day is 10 February.[6][7]
Citations
edit- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
- ^ Mason House of Godwine p. 90
- ^ Barlow Edward the Confessor pp. 205–207
- ^ Walker Harold p. 80
- ^ Loyn English Church p. 9
- ^ Stanton, Richard (1892). A Menology of England and Wales: Or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Bunrs & Oates.
- ^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Aethelstanus«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 1. Augsburg ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
References
edit- Barlow, Frank (1970). Edward the Confessor. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01671-8.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Loyn, H. R. (2000). The English Church, 940–1154. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. ISBN 0-582-30303-6.
- Mason, Emma (2004). House of Godwine: The History of Dynasty. London: Hambledon & London. ISBN 1-85285-389-1.
- Walker, Ian (2000). Harold the Last Anglo-Saxon King. Gloucestershire, UK: Wrens Park. ISBN 0-905778-46-4.
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