Ælfheah the Bald is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (died 12 March 951), the first English Bishop of Winchester of that name. He is sometimes known as Alphege, an older translation of his Old English name.
Life
Ælfheah began his career as a monk and was made Bishop of Winchester in 934 or 935.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223 He was a relative of Dunstan, and took the young man into his service, and later ordained him priest. Ælfheah was an early mover towards the monastic reforms of the next generationWatson, Tom. "Winchester’s Lesser Known Saints", Winchester Cathedral Record and was the tutor of Aethelwold.Yorke, Barbara, Æthelwold, Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 He died on 12 March 951 and was buried in Old Minster in Winchester. He was subsequently revered as a saint.Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 28 Following the Norman conquest, Archbishop Lanfranc downgraded a number of Anglo-Saxon saints, including Ælfheah, to bring the liturgical calendar more in line with that of Bec. However, under Anselm's influence, he was subsequently reinstated.
Citations
References
Walsh, Michael A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West London: Burns & Oates 2007
External links
Catholic Online Saints and Angels: Alphege