Alphege the Bald

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name =Alphege the Bald


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Winchester
Title = Bishop of Winchester
Period = 934–951
Predecessor = Byrnstan
Successor =Ælfsige I
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date of death =March 12 951
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Infobox Saint
name=Alphege the Bald
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death_date=March 12 951
feast_day=March 12
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Saint Alphege the Bald is the commonly used name for Ælfheah the Bald (died 12 March 951), the first Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester of that name.

Life

He may have been a relative of Saint Dunstan. He certainly began his career as a monk at the court of King Athelstan and was made Bishop of Winchester in 934.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 257] He was an early mover towards the monastic reforms of the next generation and was tutor of Saint Aethelwold. He died on 12 March 951 and was buried in Old Minster in Winchester. He was subsequently revered as a saint.Walsh "A New Dictionary of Saints" p. 28]

ee also

* List of bishops of Winchester

Notes

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
* Walsh, Michael "A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West" London: Burns & Oates 2007 ISBN 0-8601-2438-X

External links

* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1277 Catholic Online Saints and Angels: Alphege]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=7393 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ælfheah]

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NAME=Alphege the Bald
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DATE OF DEATH=March 12, 951
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