List of Anglo-Saxon saints

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The following list contains saints from Anglo-Saxon England during the period of Christianization until the Norman Conquest of England (c. AD 600 to 1066). It also includes British saints of the Roman and post-Roman period (3rd to 6th centuries), and other post-biblical saints who, while not themselves English, were strongly associated with particular religious houses in Anglo-Saxon England, for example, their relics reputedly resting with such houses.

Contents

The only list of saints which has survived from the Anglo-Saxon period itself is the so-called Secgan , an 11th-century compilation enumerating 89 saints and their resting-places. [1]

Table

NameCentury of deathOriginChief medieval resting placeNotes
Acca of Hexham 8thNorthumbrian Ripon / Durham / Peterborough Relics translated to Durham 1032; Peterborough Abbey possessed relic in the 12th century [2]
Æbbe of Abingdon 7thWest Saxon Oxford Details uncertain [2]
Æbbe "the Elder" of Coldingham 7thNorthumbrian Coldingham Translated to Durham in the 11th century [2]
Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham 9thNorthumbrian Coldingham May be a doppelganger of Æbbe the Elder [3]
Æbbe of Thanet 8thKentish Minster-in-Thanet Also called Eormenburh, of which "Æbbe" may be a hypocoristic form [3]
Ælfgar of Selwood unknownWest Saxon Selwood forest Known only from 16th century source [3]
Ælfgifu of Exeter unknownWest SaxonunknownMay be Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury [4]
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury 10thWest Saxon Shaftesbury May be Ælfgifu of Exter [4]
Ælfheah of Canterbury 11thWest Saxon Canterbury St Augustine's His body lay in London Cathedral from 1012 to 1023, but was translated to Canterbury with the cooperation of Cnut
Ælfheah of Winchester 10thWest Saxon Winchester Old Minster
Ælfflæd of Whitby 8thNorthumbrian Whitby
Ælfnoth of Stowe 7thMercian Stowe forest
Ælfthryth of Crowland 9thMercian Crowland
Ælfwald of Northumbria 8thNorthumbrian Hexham
Æthelberht of BedfordunknownMercian Bedford May be the same as Æthelberht of East Anglia [5]
Æthelberht of East Anglia 8thEast Anglian Hereford
Æthelberht of Kent 7thKentish Ramsey
Æthelburh of Barking 7thEast Saxon Barking Remaining relics in Barking were translated to Canterbury in 1030 [5]
Æthelburh of Faremoutiers 7thEast Anglian Faremoutiers
Æthelburh of Hackness8thNorthumbrian Hackness
Æthelburh of Kent 7thKentish Lyminge
Æthelflæd of Ramsey10thEast Anglian Ramsey Wife of Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia [5]
Æthelburh of Wilton 9thWest Saxon Wilton Allegedly foundress of Wilton Abbey and half-sister of Ecgberht, [6] king of Wessex and Kent, her existence is unsubstantiated by reliable sources [7]
Æthelflæd of Romsey10thWest Saxon Romsey
Æthelgar of Canterbury 10thWest Saxon Canterbury Christ Church Cult attested in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus [8]
Æthelgyth of Coldingham unknownNorthumbrian Coldingham
Æthelmod of Leominster 7thMercian Leominster
Æthelnoth of Canterbury 11thWest Saxon Canterbury Christ Church Although both Mabillon and the Bollandists counted him as a saint, there is no earlier evidence of a formal cult [9]
Æthelred of Kent 7thKentish Ramsey
Æthelred of Mercia 8thMercian Bradney
Æthelsige of Ripon unknownNorthumbrian Ripon Known only as sanctus Egelsi from a list of bishops resting at Ripon [10]
Æthelstan of England 10thWest Saxon Malmesbury The saints cult of the famous English warrior-king is attested in a resting-place list, but is otherwise poorly documented [8]
Æthelthryth of Ely 7thEast Anglian Ely Also called "St Audrey" [10]
Æthelwold of Farne 7thNorthumbrianVarious
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne 8thNorthumbrian Lindisfarne Bones left Lindisfarne in the 9th century with the community of St Cuthert; some bones were given to Westminster by King Edgar [11]
Æthelwine of Athelney 7thWest Saxon Athelney
Æthelwine of Coln unknownMercian Coln St Aldwyn
Æthelwine of Lindsey 7thMercianunknownThere is no evidence of an early cult, but he is listed as a saint in Wilson's Martyrologie [12]
Æthelwine of Sceldeforde unknownobscureSceldefordeNo identification of Sceldeforde is regarded as certain today [13]
Æthelwold of Winchester 10thWest Saxon Winchester Old Minster
Æthelwynn of Sodbury unknownMercian Old Sodbury
Aidan of Lindisfarne 7thGaelic / Northumbrian Glastonbury Bones moved from Lindisfarne to Glastonbury during time of Viking invasions [14]
Alban 3rdRomano-British St Albans
Albinus of Canterbury 8thKentish Canterbury Christ Church Evidence of cult comes from one resting-place list, but it is otherwise poorly documented [8]
Albinus of Thorney unknownMercian? Thorney May be Hwita, bishop of Lichfield
Alchhild of Middleham unknownNorthumbrian Middleham Possibly a daughter of King Oswig [15]
Alchmund of Hexham 8thNorthumbrian Hexham
Alchmund of Derby 9thNorthumbrian Derby
Aldatus of Oxford 6thRomano-British? Oxford / Gloucester
Aldhelm of Sherbourne 8thWest Saxon Malmesbury
Alfred the Great 9thWest Saxon Winchester King of Wessex and Bretwalda. Saint by popular acclaim only, never formally canonised. Relics were lost at the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Amphibalus of St Albans 3rdRomano-British?St AlbansBody at Aldeminstre in the Domesday Breviate resting-place list; [8] body 'discovered' at St Albans in 1178 [16]
Arilda of Oldbury unknownRomano-British? Gloucester
Arwald 7thIsle of WightunknownMartyrs, sons of Arwald, the prince of the Isle of Wight, just off the English coast. The martyrs are called Arwald because their proper names are not known. They were slain after Baptism by King Cædwalla, who was a pagan.
Athwulf of Thorney 7thEast Anglian Thorney
Augustine of Canterbury 7thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's
Avbur of Stallingborough unknownobscure Stallingborough
Balthere of Tyningham 8thNorthumbrian Tyninghame / Durham
Balthild of Romsey 7thFrankish / East Anglian Romsey
Barloc of Norbury unknownBritish Norbury
Beda of Jarrow 8thNorthumbrian Jarrow / Durham / Glastonbury
Bega of Copeland unknownGaelic / Northumbrian St Bees
Benedict Biscop 7thNorthumbrian Thorney
Benignus of Glastonbury unknownWest Saxon Glastonbury Also called Beonna [17]
Beocca of Chertsey 9thWest Saxon Chertsey 9th
Beonna of Breedon 9thMercian Breedon-on-the-Hill
Beorhthelm of Stafford unknownMercian Stafford
Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury [18] unknownWest Saxon Shaftesbury Some possibility that he is a 10th-century West Saxon bishop, several bearing this name [19]
Beornstan the Archdeacon unknownKentish Canterbury St Augustine's The saint-list "Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium" mentions an archdeacon called Byrnstan or Beornstan resting at St Augustine's [8]
Beornstan of Winchester 10thWest Saxon Winchester Old Minster
Beornwald of Bampton 10thWest Saxon Bampton
Bercthun of Beverley 8thNorthumbrian Beverley
Berhtwald of Canterbury 8thKentish Canterbury St Augustine's
Bertha of Kent 7thFrankish / Kentish Canterbury St Augustine's Mention in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus [8]
Billfrith of Lindisfarne 8thNorthumbrian Durham
Birinus of Dorchester 7thRoman Winchester Old Minster
Blaise 4thRoman Canterbury Christ Church Relics of Saint Blaise were held by Canterbury Christ Church, thought to have been brought from Rome in 908 by Archbishop Plegmund [20]
Blitha of Martham unknownEast Anglian Martham Mother of St Walstan [17]
Boisil of Melrose 7thGaelic / Northumbrian Melrose / Durham
Boniface 8thWest Saxon Mainz / Fulda / Dokkum, Frisia Famous for being the "Apostle of Germany" for his missionary efforts among the German people. Originally from Crediton in Devon and named Wynfryth until Pope Gregory II dubbed him Boniface. Martyred in Dokkum in Frisia by bandits.
Bosa of York 8thNorthumbrian York
Botwine of Ripon 8thNorthumbrian Ripon
Botwulf of Thorney 7thEast Anglian Thorney
Brannoc of Braunton unknownBritish Braunton
Branwalator of Milton unknownBritish Milton Abbas
Ceadda of Lichfield 7thNorthumbrian Lichfield
Ceatta of Lichfield unknownobscure Lichfield Possibly a duplication of Ceadda (above) [21]
Cedd of Lichfield 7thNorthumbrian Lichfield
Centwine of Wessex 7thWest Saxon Glastonbury In the list of saints entitled "Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium", he is listed resting at Glastonbury Abbey [8]
Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth 8thNorthumbrian Langres / Glastonbury / Monkwearmouth
Ceolwulf of Northumbria 8thNorthumbrian Lindisfarne
Cett of Oundle unknownobscure Oundle
Credan of Bodmin unknownBritish Bodmin
Cissa of Crowland 8thEast Anglian Thorney
Coenwulf of Mercia 9thMercian Winchcombe
Congar of Congresbury unknownBritish Congresbury
Cotta of Breedon 8thMercian Breedon-on-the-Hill
Credan of Evesham 8thMercian Evesham
Cuthbald of Peterborough 8thEast Anglian Peterborough
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne 7thNorthumbrian Durham Bones originally at Lindisfarne, at various places including Carlisle, Norham, Crayke and Chester-le-Street, before settling at Durham in the late 10th century for the remainder of the Middle Ages [22]
Cuthburh of Wimborne 8thWest Saxon Wimborne
Cuthflæd of Lyminster unknownSouth Saxon Lyminster
Cuthmann of Steyning unknownSouth Saxon Steyning
Cwenburh of Wimborne 8thWest Saxon Wimborne
Cyneburh of Castor 7thMercian Peterborough
Cyneburh of Gloucester 7thMercian Gloucester
Cynehelm of Mercia 9thMercian Winchcombe
Cyneswith of Peterborough 7thMercian Peterborough
Dachuna of Bodmin unknownBritish? Bodmin A virgin saint venerated in Cornwall, Dachuna is known from the list of resting-places of Hugh Candidus, authored around 1155. [23] [24] Dachuna, along with Medan and Credan, were allegedly associates of Saint Petroc, whom they rested alongside at Bodmin Priory. [25] There is no documentation of a Dachuna in Cornwall beyond Hugh Candidus' list; male bishops and saints with similar names are known in Ireland. According to Nicholas Orme, Hugh Candidus may have conflated another location with Bodmin and incorrectly ascribed the saints to the priory. [26]
Decuman of Watchet unknownBritish Watchet
Deusdedit of Canterbury 7thKentish Canterbury St Augustine's / Leominster
Diuma of Charlbury 7thGaelic / Mercian Charlbury
Domnanuerdh of Beckley unknownobscure Beckley
Dryhthelm of Melrose 8thNorthumbrian Melrose Famous for the vision of the afterlife attributed to him by Bede; [27] evidence for cult limited, but he is mentioned in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus [8]
Dunstan of Canterbury 10thWest Saxon Canterbury St Augustine's
Eadberht of Lindisfarne 7thNorthumbrian Lindisfarne According to tradition, his bones were taken from Lindisfarne in the late 9th century [28]
Eadburh of Bicester 7thMercian Bicester
Eadburh of Pershore unknownMercian Pershore possibly identified with Eadburh of Winchester
Eadburh of Southwell unknownMercian Southwell
Eadburh of Thanet 8thKentish Lyminge
Eadburh of Winchester 10thWest Saxon Winchester Nunnaminster
Eadfrith of Leominster 7thNorthumbrian Leominster
Eadfrith of Lindisfarne 8thNorthumbrian Lindisfarne Tradition has it that his bones were taken from Lindisfarne in the late 9th century [29]
Eadgar of England 10thWest Saxon Glastonbury
Eadgyth of Aylesbury unknownMercian Aylesbury
Eadgyth of Polesworth 10thWest Saxon Polesworth
Eadgyth of Wilton 10thWest Saxon Wilton
Eadmund of East Anglia 9thEast Anglian Bury St Edmunds
Eadmund the Confessor unknownobscureunknownKnown only in the litany from Lambeth Palace MS 427, a 15th-century addition to a psalter of the 11th century [30]
Eadnoth of Ramsey 11thEast Anglian Ely
Eadthryth of Grantham unknownobscure Grantham
Eadweard the Confessor 11thWest Saxon Westminster
Eadweard the Martyr 10thWest Saxon Shaftesbury
Eadweard of Maugersbury unknownMercian Maugersbury / Stow-on-the-Wold
Eadwine of Northumbria 7thNorthumbrian Whitby / York
Eadwold of Cerne 9thWest Saxon Cerne Abbas
Ealdberht of Ripon 8thNorthumbrian Ripon / Peterborough
Ealdgyth of Stortford unknownMercian Bishops Stortford
Eanmund 8thNorthumbrianunknown
Eanswith of Folkestone 7thKentish Folkestone
Earconwald 7thMercian London / Chertsey
Eardwulf of Northumbria 9thNorthumbrian Breedon-on-the-Hill
Earmund of Stoke Fleming unknownWest Saxon Stoke Fleming
Eata of Hexham 7thNorthumbrian Hexham
Ecgberht of Ripon 8thNorthumbrian Ripon
Ecgwine of Evesham 8thMercian Evesham
Echa of Crayke 8thGaelic / Northumbrian Crayke
Edor of Chertsey 9thWest Saxon Chertsey
Elfin of Warrington unknownBritish Warrington
Eoda 7thNorthumbrianunknownmay be identical with St. Oda
Eormengyth of Thanet 7thKentish Minster-in-Thanet
Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth 7thNorthumbrian Monkwearmouth
Evorhilda unknownWest Saxon Poppleton
Felix of Dommoc 7thFrankish Ramsey
Firmin of North Crawley unknownRoman? North Crawley / Thorney Compare Fermin, martyr and bishop of Amiens
Florentius of Peterborough unknownRoman Peterborough According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS E, his relics were transferred from Bonneval Abbey to Peterborough in 1013; he is perhaps Florentius of Sedun, martyred by the Vandals [31]
Freomund of Mercia 9thMercian Dunstable
Frithestan of Winchester 10thWest Saxon Winchester Old Minster
Frithuric of Breedon 7thMercian Breedon-on-the-Hill
Frithuswith of Oxford 8thMercian Oxford
Frithuwold of Chertsey 7thMercian Chertsey
Fursey of Cnobheresburg 7thGaelic / East Anglian Péronne
Grimbald of St Bertin 10thFrankish Winchester New Minster
Guthlac of Crowland 8thEast Anglian Crowland
Hadrian of Canterbury 8thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's Born in the Roman exarchate of Africa, conquered by the Arabs in Hadrian's lifetime [32]
Hædde of Winchester 8thWest Saxon Winchester Old Minster
Hæmma of Leominster 7thMercian Leominster
Hereberht of Huntingdon unknownobscureunknown
Herefrith of Thorney unknownEast Anglian Thorney May have been a bishop of Lindsey [32]
Hilda of Whitby 7thNorthumbrian Whitby / Glastonbury
Hildeburh 7thMercia Dee Estuary
Hildelith of Barking 8thEast Saxon Barking
Hiurmine of Blythburgh 7thEast Anglian Blythburgh / Bury St Edmunds
Honorius of Canterbury 7thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's
Huna of Thorney 7thEast Anglian Thorney
Humbert of Stokenham unknownWest Saxon Stokenham
Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum unknownWest Saxon Whitchurch Canonicorum
Hygebald of Lindsey 7thobscure Hibaldstow
Hyglac 8thNorthumbrianunknown
Indract of Glastonbury 9thGaelic / West Saxon Glastonbury
Inicium unknownobscure Thorney Body appears to have been in Bochesuurtha, perhaps either Boxworth or Buckworth, before resting at Thorney [33]
Ivo of Ramsey unknownBritish Ramsey
Iwig of Wilton 7thNorthumbrian Wilton
Jermin 8thEast Anglian Bury St. Edmunds Killed at the Battle of Bulcamp, his body was translated from Blythburgh. Also known as Jurmin
John of Beverley 8thNorthumbrian Beverley
John the Sage unknownobscure Malmesbury William of Malmesbury believed this saint to be John Scotus Erigena, while historian Michael Lapidge has suggested John the Old Saxon, scholar of Alfred the Great [34]
Jordan of Bristol unknownobscure College Green, Bristol Jordan is only attested to as a saint of the Anglo-Saxon era in a 15th-century hymn and in the writings of later antiquarians. [35]
Judoc of Winchester 7thBritish Winchester New Minster
Jurmin 7thEast AnglianKilled in Battle with Penda Prince of East Anglia, Son of King Anna
Justus of Canterbury 7thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's
Juthwara of Sherborne 6th Dumnonia, sub-Roman British Sherborne
Laurence of Canterbury 7thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's
Leofwynn of Bishopstone 7thSouth Saxon Bishopstone
Mærwynn of Romsey 10thWest Saxon Romsey
Maildub of Malmesbury 7thGaelic / West Saxon Malmesbury
Margaret of Wessex 11thWest Saxon Dunfermline
Mellitus of Canterbury 7thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's
Melorius of Amesbury unknownBritish Amesbury
Merefin unknownMercianunknown
Mildburh of Wenlock 8thMercian Wenlock
Mildgyth 8thMercianunknown
Mildrith of Thanet 8thMercian Minster-in-Thanet / Canterbury St Augustine's
Milred of Worcester 8thMercian Berkswell
Modwenna of Burton unknownGaelic / Mercian Burton
Monegunda of Watton 6thFrankish Watton
Nectan of Hartland unknownBritish Hartland
Neot unknownBritish St Neots
Nothhelm of Canterbury 8thKentish Canterbury St Augustine's
Oda of Canterbury 10thAnglo-Norse Canterbury Christ Church
Odwulf of Evesham 9thFrisian Evesham
Osana of Howden 8th?Northumbrian Howden
Osburh of Coventry unknownMercian Coventry
Osgyth 7thEast Saxon Chich / Aylesbury
Osthryth 7thNorthumbrian Bardney
Oswald of Northumbria 7thNorthumbrian Lindisfarne / Gloucester / variousBody rested at Bardney, hands at Bamburgh and head at Lindisfarne in the time of Bede; body was translated to Gloucester in 909; the right-arm was later at Peterborough, with the head at Durham and some other bones at Glastonbury [36]
Oswald of Worcester 10thAnglo-Norse Worcester
Oswine of Northumbria 7thNorthumbrian Tynemouth / Durham Despite a brief period at Durham, Oswine rested at Tynemouth Priory; Durham possessed the head [37]
Pandionia of Eltisley unknownobscure Eltisley
Patrick unknownRomano-British Glastonbury (/Armagh)Body was alleged to be buried at Glastonbury in the Anglo-Saxon period, though it was discovered by John de Courcy and translated to Armagh Cathedral in 1185 [38]
Paulinus of York 7thRoman Rochester
Pega of Peakirk 8thEast Anglian Peakirk
Rayne unknownobscureunknown
Regenhere of Northampton 9thEast Anglian Northampton
Ruffinus of Stone 7thMercia Stone
Rumon of Tavistock unknownBritish Ruan Lanihorne / Tavistock
Rumwold of Buckingham unknownMercian Buckingham
Samson of Dol 6thBritish Milton Abbas
Sæbbi of London 7thEast Saxon London Cult uncertain [39]
Sativola of Exeter 6th Dumnonia Sub-Roman British Exeter Venerated throughout the Middle Ages in Devon, she has been linked with the 6th Cornish anchoress Sitofolla, sister of Paul Aurelian [40]
Seaxburh of Ely 8thEast Anglian Ely
Sicgred of Ripon 8thNorthumbrian Ripon / Peterborough
Sigeburh of Thanet 8thKentish Minster-in-Thanet
Sigfrith of Monkwearmouth 7thNorthumbrian Monkwearmouth
Swithhun of Winchester 9thWest Saxon Winchester Old Minster
Tatberht of Ripon 8thNorthumbrian Ripon / Peterborough
Tancred of Thorney 9thEast Anglian Thorney
Torthred of Thorney 9thEast Anglian Thorney
Tova of Thorney 9thEast Anglian Thorney
Theodore of Canterbury 7thRoman Canterbury St Augustine's
Tibba of Ryhall 7thMercian Ryhall / Peterborough
Ultan the Scribe 8thGaelic / NorthumbrianunknownGaelic scribe-priest known only from the 9th-century work of a monk named Æthelwulf, De Abbatibus [41]
Urith of Chittlehampton unknownBritish Chittlehampton In Latin, Hyaritha; name probably represents Welsh Iwerydd [41]
Wendreda 7thEast Anglian Ely/March, Cambridgeshire
Werburh of Chester 8thMercian Hanbury / Chester
Wærstan unknownMercian Great Malvern
Walstan of Bawburgh unknownEast Anglian Bawburgh
Wigstan of Repton 9thMercian Repton / Evesham
Wihtberht 8thNorthumbrian Ripon
Wihtburh of Ely 8thEast Anglian Ely
Wihtred of Thorney unknownobscure Thorney
Wilfrith of Hexham 8thNorthumbrian Ripon / Canterbury Christ Church
Wilfrith II 8thNorthumbrian Ripon
Wilgils of Ripon 7thNorthumbrian Ripon / Peterborough
Wilgyth of Cholsey 6th Dumnonia, sub-Roman Britain Cholsey
Wulfgar of Peterborough unknownobscure Peterborough
Wulfhad of Stone 7thobscure Stone
Wulfhild of Barking 11th Mercian Barking
Wulfram of Grantham 8thFrankish Grantham
Wulfric of Holme 10thEast Anglian Holme
Wulfsige of Sherborne 11thWest Saxon Sherborne
Wulfthryth 11thWest Saxon Wilton
Wynthryth of March unknownobscure March / Ely

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ D. W. Rollason, "Lists of saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England" in ASE 7 (1978), p. 62
  2. 1 2 3 Blair, "Handlist", p. 502
  3. 1 2 3 Blair, "Handlist", p. 503
  4. 1 2 Blair, "Handlist", p. 504
  5. 1 2 3 Blair, "Handlist", p. 506
  6. ↑ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Alburga", p. 13
  7. ↑ Yorke, Nunneries, p. 76
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Blair, "Handlist", p. 563
  9. ↑ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Ethelnoth", p. 166
  10. 1 2 Blair, "Handlist", p. 507
  11. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 508
  12. ↑ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Elwin", p. 157
  13. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", pp. 508–09
  14. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 510
  15. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 511
  16. ↑ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Amphibalus", p. 20
  17. 1 2 Blair, "Handlist", p. 515
  18. ↑ Known only from the Hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. Stowe MS 944 Archived 2014-01-03 at archive.today , British Library.
  19. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 516
  20. ↑ Pfaff, "The Calendar", p. 66
  21. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 520
  22. ↑ Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 79–86
  23. ↑ Jankulak, Karen (2000), The Medieval Cult of St Petroc, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, pp. 563, 67, ISBN   0-85115-777-7
  24. ↑ Blair, John (2002), "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints", in Thacker, Alan; Sharpe, Richard (eds.), Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 495–565, ISBN   0-19-820394-2
  25. ↑ Blair, John (2002), "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints", in Thacker, Alan; Sharpe, Richard (eds.), Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 495–565, ISBN   0-19-820394-2
  26. ↑ Orme, Nicholas (2000). The Saints of Cornwall. Oxford University Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN   9780191542893.
  27. ↑ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Drithelm", p. 136
  28. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 525
  29. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 527
  30. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 528
  31. ↑ Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 144, n. 8
  32. 1 2 Blair, "Handlist", p. 537
  33. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", pp. 540–41
  34. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 542
  35. ↑ Fleming, Peter. "Time, space and power in later medieval Bristol" (PDF). University of the West of England. University of the West of England. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  36. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", pp. 549–50; Craig, "Oswald"
  37. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", pp. 550–51
  38. ↑ Stancliffe, "Patrick"
  39. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 564
  40. ↑ Blair, "Handlist", p. 554
  41. 1 2 Blair, "Handlist", p. 557

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Osburh was a Saint in Coventry, probably Anglo-Saxon but see below. Nothing about her life has survived to the present day. Her mortal remains were enshrined at Coventry. Close to the Forest of Arden, Coventry was at that time a tiny settlement.

Dachuna or Dachun was a medieval virgin saint venerated in Cornwall. Probably British in origin, Dachuna is known from the list of resting-places of Hugh Candidus, authored around 1155. Dachuna, along with Medan and Credan, were allegedly associates of Saint Petroc, whom they rested alongside at Bodmin Priory. There is no documentation of a Dachuna in Cornwall beyond Hugh Candidus' list; male bishops and saints with similar names are known in Ireland. According to Nicholas Orme, Hugh Candidus may have conflated another location with Bodmin and incorrectly ascribed the saints to the priory.

Elfin of Warrington is a little-known saint venerated in medieval Warrington, near the modern city of Liverpool. He is known only from one entry in the Domesday Book, his cult or church holding one carucate of land. The name is Brittonic, derived from Latin Alpinus.

Ceatta of Lichfield is an obscure Anglo Saxon saint of the Catholic Church.

Æthelwine of Sceldeforde was a seventh century saint, venerated in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, who lived in Anglo-Saxon England. He is known to history from records in the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He was venerated as a saint after his death, though some question his historical authenticity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beornstan the Archdeacon</span> Medieval Anglo Saxon Catholic saint

Beornstan the Archdeacon, also known as Byrnstan, was a medieval Catholic saint from Kent in Anglo-Saxon England.

Wynthryth of March was an early medieval saint of Anglo Saxon England.

Eadmund the Confessor is a pre-Congregational saint of Anglo-Saxon England.

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