Saint Ethelwold
- Also known as
- Father of Monks
- Memorial
- 1 August
- Profile
- Grew up in the court of King Athelstan.
Studied under and ordained by his relative Saint Alphege of Winchester.
Ordained with Saint Dunstan of Canterbury.
Benedictine dean at Glastonbury Abbey after Dunstan restored the Rule.
Abbot of Abingdon, England in 954.
Bishop of Winchester, England on 29 November 963.
Built and restored abbeys in his see, enforced discipline, and was one of the leaders of the 10th century monastic revival.
Scholar, teacher, prelate, and royal counsellor.
Supported the liturgical arts including music and manuscript illumination.
Wrote Regularis Concordia, a monastic decree based on the Benedictine Rule.
- Born
- c.912 at Winchester, England
- Died
-
1 August 984 of natural causes
buried at Winchester cathedral
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
-
Catholic Encyclopedia
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Roman Martyrology, 3rd Turin edition
- Translate
-
español | français | deutsch | italiano | português