Saint Alcmund of Hexham

Also known as

• Alchmund

Memorial

• 7 September

Profile

Bishop of Hexham in 767. He was renowned for his piety, but no other certain information about him has survived.

Died

• 781 of natural causes
• the location of the cemetery where he was buried was lost over time
• in 1032 he appeared in a vision to a man in Hexham, and told him where to find the grave
• his relics were re-interred in the cathedral at Hexham
• his shrine was destroyed by the Scots in 1296

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alcmund of Hexham”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 May 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alcmund-of-hexham/>