Æthelstan (bishop of Hereford)

For other uses, see Æthelstan (disambiguation).

Saint Æthelstan
Bishop of Hereford
Appointed	between 1013 and 1016
Term ended	10 February 1056
Predecessor	Athulf
Successor	Leofgar of Hereford
Orders
Consecration	between 1013 and 1016
Personal details
Died	(1056-02-10)10 February 1056
Sainthood
Feast day	10 February
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Bishop
Shrines	Hereford Cathedral

Æthelstan (or Athelstan; died 1056) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Æthelstan was consecrated between 1013 and 1016. ^[1] Before his death, he had been blind for 13 years, and Tremerig was appointed as a suffragan bishop to assist Æthelstan. Tremerig died shortly before Æthelstan did. ^[2] Because of his blindness, the task of helping defend the border against the Welsh fell to the bishops of Worcester. ^[3]

Æthelstan died on 10 February 1056. ^[1] His death may have been from old age, or it may have been as a consequence of the burning of his cathedral by the Welsh shortly before. ^[4] After his death, he was considered for sainthood. ^[5] His feast day is 10 February. ^{[6] [7]}

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
2. Mason House of Godwine p. 90
3. Barlow Edward the Confessor pp. 205–207
4. Walker Harold p. 80
5. Loyn English Church p. 9
6. Stanton, Richard (1892). A Menology of England and Wales: Or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Bunrs & Oates.
7. Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Aethelstanus«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 1. Augsburg ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2023.

References

• Barlow, Frank (1970). Edward the Confessor. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN   0-520-01671-8.
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
• Loyn, H. R. (2000). The English Church, 940–1154. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. ISBN   0-582-30303-6.
• Mason, Emma (2004). House of Godwine: The History of Dynasty. London: Hambledon & London. ISBN   1-85285-389-1.
• Walker, Ian (2000). Harold the Last Anglo-Saxon King. Gloucestershire, UK: Wrens Park. ISBN   0-905778-46-4.

External links

• Æthelstan 64 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Athulf	Bishop of Hereford c. 1015–1056	Succeeded by Leofgar