Æthelstan (bishop of Hereford)

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Æthelstan (or Athelstan; died 1056) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Æthelstan was consecrated between 1013 and 1016.[1] Before his death, he had been blind for 13 years, and Tremerig was appointed as a suffragan bishop to assist Æthelstan. Tremerig died shortly before Æthelstan did.[2] Because of his blindness, the task of helping defend the border against the Welsh fell to the bishops of Worcester.[3]

Æthelstan died on 10 February 1056.[1] His death may have been from old age, or it may have been as a consequence of the burning of his cathedral by the Welsh shortly before.[4] After his death, he was considered for sainthood.[5] His feast day is 10 February.[6][7]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
  2. 2.Mason House of Godwine p. 90
  3. 3.Barlow Edward the Confessor pp. 205–207
  4. 4.Walker Harold p. 80
  5. 5.Loyn English Church p. 9
  6. 6.Stanton, Richard (1892). A Menology of England and Wales: Or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Bunrs & Oates.
  7. 7.Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Aethelstanus«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 1. Augsburg ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2023.