Saint Aldate (; Old Welsh, Eldad; died 577) was a bishop, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church with the feast day of 4 February, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was probably a Briton killed by the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Deorham.
According to the historian David Farmer "nothing seems to be known of him: it was even suggested (unconvincingly) that his name was a corruption of "old gate".
Veneration
Aldate is mentioned in the Sarum and other martyrologies; his feast occurs in a Gloucester calendar (14th-century addition); churches were dedicated to him at Gloucester"St Aldate chapel of ease", The Church of England and Oxford,"St. Aldgate's Church" giving name to a famous Oxford street: St Aldate's, OxfordChance, Eleanor et al. "Street-Names". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4, the City of Oxford. Ed. Alan Crossley, C R Elrington(London, 1979), British History Online and a minor street in Gloucester. There is also a St Aldate's Tavern,St. Aldgate's Tavern a bed-and-breakfast, as a annex to Christ Church,"117 St Aldate's Building Bed & Breakfast", Christ Church, Oxford and a room at the Oxford Town Hall."St Aldate's Room, Oxford Town Hall", Oxford City Council
He is also venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.February 17 / February 4. https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/htc/orthodox-calendar/
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