Mar 182010
Also known as
- Alcmund of Northumbria
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
- 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
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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