Aldhun
Aldhun | |
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Bishop of Lindisfarne (990–995) |
Aldhun of Durham (died 1018 or 1019), also known as Ealdhun, was the last
Bishop of Lindisfarne (based at Chester-le-Street)[1] and the first Bishop of Durham.[2] He was of "noble descent".[3]
Since the late 9th century the
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne to their original resting place at Lindisfarne, and to reinstate the diocese there.[citation needed
]
En route to their destination however Aldhun claimed to have received a vision from Cuthbert saying that the saint's remains should be laid to rest at
Uhtred the Bold helped the monks clear the site of the new cathedral, which was consecrated in 998.[6]
Aldhun was a bishop for 24 years, which puts his death in 1018 or 1019.[5] He was said to have died of heartbreak because of the defeat of the Northumbrians by the Scots at the battle of Carham.[4]
Aldhun's daughter Ecgfrida married first
Ealdred was the grandfather of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.[7] After he repudiated her, she married a northern thegn Kilvert.[6]
Citations
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, Handbook of British Chronology p. 216
- ^ Fletcher 2003, Bloodfeud p. 70
- ^ a b Rollason 2004, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b Stenton 1971, Anglo-Saxon England p. 418 footnote 2
- ^ a b Williams 2003, Æthelred the Unready pp. 72–73
- ^ Fletcher 2003, Bloodfeud pp. 75-76
References
- ISBN 0-19-516136-X.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Rollason, David (2004). "Aldhun (d. 1018)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. required)
- ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
- ISBN 1-85285-382-4.
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