Saint Wulsin of Sherborne
- Also known as
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Ultius
Vulsin
Wulfsin
Wulfsige
- Memorial
- 8 January
- Profile
- Benedictine monk.
Spiritual student and close confidant of Saint Dunstan.
Named by Dunstan c.960 to be superior of the restored Benedictine community at Westminster, England.
Abbot of Westminster in 980.
Bishop of Sherborne, England in 993; continued to serve as abbot.
Rebuilt the church in Sherborne, and established a Benedictine monastery in his diocese.
Several of his letters have survived the centuries.
- Died
- 8 January 1002 of natural causes;
relics translated to Sherborne c.1050
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