Æthelstan (bishop of Hereford) explained
| Type: | bishop |
| Æthelstan |
| Bishop of Hereford |
| Appointed: | between 1013 and 1016 |
| Consecration: | between 1013 and 1016 |
| Ended: | 10 February 1056 |
| Predecessor: | Athulf |
| Successor: | Leofgar of Hereford |
| Death Date: | 10 February 1056 |
| Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
| Shrine: | Hereford Cathedral |
| Saint Title: | Bishop |
| Venerated: | Catholic Church |
| Feast Day: | 10 February |
Æthelstan (or Athelstan; died 1056) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.
Æthelstan was consecrated between 1013 and 1016. 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.[1] Because of his blindness, the task of helping defend the border against the Welsh fell to the bishops of Worcester.[2]
Æthelstan died on 10 February 1056.[3] 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]
References
- Book: Barlow, Frank . Frank Barlow (historian). Edward the Confessor . University of California Press . Berkeley, CA . 1970 . 0-520-01671-8 .
- Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
- Book: Loyn, H. R. . H. R. Loyn. The English Church, 940–1154 . Pearson Education . Upper Saddle River, NJ . 2000 . 0-582-30303-6 .
- Book: Mason, Emma . House of Godwine: The History of Dynasty . Hambledon & London . London . 2004 . 1-85285-389-1 .
- Book: Walker, Ian . Harold the Last Anglo-Saxon King . Wrens Park . Gloucestershire, UK . 2000. 0-905778-46-4 .
Notes and References
- Mason House of Godwine p. 90
- Barlow Edward the Confessor pp. 205–207
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
- Walker Harold p. 80
- Loyn English Church p. 9
- Book: Stanton, Richard . 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 . 1892 . Bunrs & Oates . en.
- Web site: Zeno . Lexikoneintrag zu »Aethelstanus«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 1. Augsburg ... . 2023-05-08 . www.zeno.org . de.
