Alchmund of Hexham
Eahlmund | |
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Bishop of Hexham | |
Appointed | before 24 April 767 |
Term ended | 7 September 780 or 781 |
Predecessor | Frithubeorht |
Successor | Tilbeorht |
Orders | |
Consecration | 24 April 767 |
Personal details | |
Died | 7 September 780 or 781 Hexham, Northumberland |
Denomination | Christian |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 7 September |
Venerated in | Catholic Church; Anglican Communion |
Shrines | Hexham Abbey, Northumberland |
Alcmund of Hexham[a] (died 7 September 780 or 781) became the 7th bishop of the see of Hexham in Northumberland when he was consecrated on 24 April 767;[1] the see was centred on the church there founded by Wilfrid.[2]
Alcmund died on 7 September 780 or 781
Relics
By the early 11th century, after the
In 1154, the church, having been ruined again, was again restored, and the bones of the Hexham saints, including Alcmund, were gathered into a single
Notes
- ^ Also spelt Ealhmund, Alhmund or Alchmund
Citations
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
- ^ "Old ruins, new world". British Archaeology. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b Thurston, Herbert. "St. Alcmund." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 18 May 2013
References
- 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.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thurston, Herbert (1907). "St. Alcmund". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.