Saint Aldate
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6th-century bishop and saint from England
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Saint Aldate (martyrologies; his feast occurs in a Gloucester calendar (14th-century addition); churches were dedicated to him at Gloucester and Oxford, as well as a famous Oxford street: St Aldate's, Oxford and a minor street in Gloucester. But nothing seems to be known of him: it was even suggested that his name was a corruption of "old gate".
References
- Baring-Gould and Fisher, ii. 426–8; Early British Kingdoms after 1100, ii. 40
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