Aldwyn of Coln

Aldwyn is an Anglo-Saxon saint. The village of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire is generally supposed to be named after him.David Hugh Farmer (2011), The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev. ed.), p.12

In Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, an Aldwyn is mentioned who was abbot of Partney. According to Bede he was the brother of Saint Æthelwine, who became bishop of Lindsey from around 680, and of Æthelhild, abbess of a monastery nearby.Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, iii.111906 VCH article on Partney, with Bede's references to "Aldewin" There is no indication that this is the saint of Coln, but it is possible.

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