Alfwold (or Ælfwold) (d 1058) was a saint and Bishop of Sherborne in Dorset.

[edit] Life

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

He 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.

He died in 1058.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of bishops of Salisbury

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Acta Sanctorum, 25 March, III
• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
• Richard Stanton, English Menology (London, 1892), 134
• (1) William of Malmesbury (Gesta Pontificum, Bk. II, § 83)

[edit] External links

• Catholic Online Saints and Angels: St Alfworld

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

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