Ælfnoth of Stowe explained

Ælfnoth
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:700
Feast Day:27 February or 25 November
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church, Church of England
Death Place:Stowe, Northamptonshire
Titles:Martyr

Ælfnoth or Alnoth (died 700) was an English hermit and martyr. Little is known of his life, though he is mentioned in Jocelyn's life of Werburgh as a pious neatherd at Weedon,[1] who bore with great patience the ill-treatment of the bailiff placed over him, and who afterwards became a hermit in a very lonely spot, where he was eventually murdered by two robbers.

On this ground he was honoured as a martyr; and there was some concourse of pilgrims to his tomb at Stowe near Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire.

Ælfnoth is not mentioned in any surviving early calendars; his feast was later kept on 27 February or on 25 November.

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  1. https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/98081 Bonato, Mauro. "Sant’ Alnoto di Stowe", Santi e Beati, August 23, 2019