Saint Alkmund of Northumbria

Also known as

• Alcmund
• Alchmund
• Alcumundus
• Ealhmund

Memorial

• 19 March

Profile

Born a prince, the son of the Northumbrian King Alcred. King of Northumbria after the murders of his father and his brother Osred. Known for his charity to the poor and orphaned. Exiled to the area of Pictish Scotland and later murdered by agents of the usurping king Eardwulf of Northumbria. There are six churches in England dedicated to him.

Born

• 774 in northern England

Died

• martyred in c.800 in Mercia (in modern Shropshire, England)
• buried at Northworthy (modern Derby), England
• relics later translated to Shrewsbury abbey by Ethelfleda, the Lady of the Mercians
• relics returned to the White Church in Derby in 1140
• during the move his tomb was reported to exude a perfume

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Derby, England

Representation

• king
• crown
• sword

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Heiligen Lexikon
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alkmund of Northumbria“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 March 2013. Web. 27 May 2013. <>