List of Anglo-Saxon saints
Appearance
The following list contains saints from Anglo-Saxon England during the period of Christianization until the Norman Conquest of England (c. AD 600 to 1066). It also includes British saints of the Roman and post-Roman period (3rd to 6th centuries), and other post-biblical saints who, while not themselves English, were strongly associated with particular religious houses in Anglo-Saxon England, for example, their relics reputedly resting with such houses.
The only list of saints which has survived from the Anglo-Saxon period itself is the so-called Secgan, an 11th-century compilation enumerating 89 saints and their resting-places.[1]
Table
[edit]Name | Century of death | Origin | Chief medieval resting place | Notes |
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Acca of Hexham | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon / Durham / Peterborough | Relics translated to Durham 1032; Peterborough Abbey possessed relic in the 12th century [2] |
Æbbe of Abingdon | 7th | West Saxon | Oxford | Details uncertain [2] |
Æbbe "the Elder" of Coldingham | 7th | Northumbrian | Coldingham | Translated to Durham in the 11th century [2] |
Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham | 9th | Northumbrian | Coldingham | May be a doppelganger of Æbbe the Elder [3] |
Æbbe of Thanet | 8th | Kentish | Minster-in-Thanet | Also called Eormenburh, of which "Æbbe" may be a hypocoristic form [3] |
Ælfgar of Selwood | unknown | West Saxon | Selwood forest | Known only from 16th century source [3] |
Ælfgifu of Exeter | unknown | West Saxon | unknown | May be Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury [4] |
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury | 10th | West Saxon | Shaftesbury | May be Ælfgifu of Exter [4] |
Ælfheah of Canterbury | 11th | West Saxon | Canterbury St Augustine's | His body lay in London Cathedral from 1012 to 1023, but was translated to Canterbury with the cooperation of Cnut |
Ælfheah of Winchester | 10th | West Saxon | Winchester Old Minster | |
Ælfflæd of Whitby | 8th | Northumbrian | Whitby | |
Ælfnoth of Stowe | 7th | Mercian | Stowe forest | |
Ælfthryth of Crowland | 9th | Mercian | Crowland | |
Ælfwald of Northumbria | 8th | Northumbrian | Hexham | |
Æthelberht of Bedford | unknown | Mercian | Bedford | May be the same as Æthelberht of East Anglia [5] |
Æthelberht of East Anglia | 8th | East Anglian | Hereford | |
Æthelberht of Kent | 7th | Kentish | Ramsey | |
Æthelburh of Barking | 7th | East Saxon | Barking | Remaining relics in Barking were translated to Canterbury in 1030 [5] |
Æthelburh of Faremoutiers | 7th | East Anglian | Faremoutiers | |
Æthelburh of Hackness | 8th | Northumbrian | Hackness | |
Æthelburh of Kent | 7th | Kentish | Lyminge | |
Æthelflæd of Ramsey | 10th | East Anglian | Ramsey | Wife of Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia[5] |
Æthelburh of Wilton | 9th | West Saxon | Wilton | Allegedly foundress of Wilton Abbey and half-sister of Ecgberht,[6] king of Wessex and Kent, her existence is unsubstantiated by reliable sources [7] |
Æthelflæd of Romsey | 10th | West Saxon | Romsey | |
Æthelgar of Canterbury | 10th | West Saxon | Canterbury Christ Church | Cult attested in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus[8] |
Æthelgyth of Coldingham | unknown | Northumbrian | Coldingham | |
Æthelmod of Leominster | 7th | Mercian | Leominster | |
Æthelnoth of Canterbury | 11th | West Saxon | Canterbury Christ Church | Although both Mabillon and the Bollandists counted him as a saint, there is no earlier evidence of a formal cult [9] |
Æthelred of Kent | 7th | Kentish | Ramsey | |
Æthelred of Mercia | 8th | Mercian | Bradney | |
Æthelsige of Ripon | unknown | Northumbrian | Ripon | Known only as sanctus Egelsi from a list of bishops resting at Ripon [10] |
Æthelstan of England | 10th | West Saxon | Malmesbury | The saints cult of the famous English warrior-king is attested in a resting-place list, but is otherwise poorly documented [8] |
Æthelthryth of Ely | 7th | East Anglian | Ely | Also called "St Audrey"[10] |
Æthelwold of Farne | 7th | Northumbrian | Various | |
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne | 8th | Northumbrian | Lindisfarne | Bones left Lindisfarne in the 9th century with the community of St Cuthert; some bones were given to Westminster by King Edgar[11] |
Æthelwine of Athelney | 7th | West Saxon | Athelney | |
Æthelwine of Coln | unknown | Mercian | Coln St Aldwyn | |
Æthelwine of Lindsey | 7th | Mercian | unknown | There is no evidence of an early cult, but he is listed as a saint in Wilson's Martyrologie[12] |
Æthelwine of Sceldeforde | unknown | obscure | Sceldeforde | No identification of Sceldeforde is regarded as certain today [13] |
Æthelwold of Winchester | 10th | West Saxon | Winchester Old Minster | |
Æthelwynn of Sodbury | unknown | Mercian | Old Sodbury | |
Aidan of Lindisfarne | 7th | Gaelic / Northumbrian | Glastonbury | Bones moved from Lindisfarne to Glastonbury during time of Viking invasions [14] |
Alban | 3rd | Romano-British | St Albans | |
Albinus of Canterbury | 8th | Kentish | Canterbury Christ Church | Evidence of cult comes from one resting-place list, but it is otherwise poorly documented [8] |
Albinus of Thorney | unknown | Mercian? | Thorney | May be Hwita, bishop of Lichfield |
Alchhild of Middleham | unknown | Northumbrian | Middleham | Possibly a daughter of King Oswig[15] |
Alchmund of Hexham | 8th | Northumbrian | Hexham | |
Alchmund of Derby | 9th | Northumbrian | Derby | |
Aldatus of Oxford | 6th | Romano-British? | Oxford / Gloucester | |
Aldhelm of Sherbourne | 8th | West Saxon | Malmesbury | |
Alfred the Great | 9th | West Saxon | Winchester | King of Wessex and Bretwalda. Saint by popular acclaim only, never formally canonised. Relics were lost at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. |
Amphibalus of St Albans | 3rd | Romano-British? | St Albans | Body at Aldeminstre in the Domesday Breviate resting-place list;[8] body 'discovered' at St Albans in 1178[16] |
Arilda of Oldbury | unknown | Romano-British? | Gloucester | |
Arwald | 7th | Isle of Wight | unknown | Martyrs, sons of Arwald, the prince of the Isle of Wight, just off the English coast. The martyrs are called Arwald because their proper names are not known. They were slain after Baptism by King Cædwalla, who was a pagan. |
Athwulf of Thorney | 7th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Augustine of Canterbury | 7th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Avbur of Stallingborough | unknown | obscure | Stallingborough | |
Balthere of Tyningham | 8th | Northumbrian | Tyninghame / Durham | |
Balthild of Romsey | 7th | Frankish / East Anglian | Romsey | |
Barloc of Norbury | unknown | British | Norbury | |
Beda of Jarrow | 8th | Northumbrian | Jarrow / Durham / Glastonbury | |
Bega of Copeland | unknown | Gaelic / Northumbrian | St Bees | |
Benedict Biscop | 7th | Northumbrian | Thorney | |
Benignus of Glastonbury | unknown | West Saxon | Glastonbury | Also called Beonna [17] |
Beocca of Chertsey | 9th | West Saxon | Chertsey | 9th |
Beonna of Breedon | 9th | Mercian | Breedon-on-the-Hill | |
Beorhthelm of Stafford | unknown | Mercian | Stafford | |
Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury[18] | unknown | West Saxon | Shaftesbury | Some possibility that he is a 10th-century West Saxon bishop, several bearing this name [19] |
Beornstan the Archdeacon | unknown | Kentish | Canterbury St Augustine's | The saint-list "Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium" mentions an archdeacon called Byrnstan or Beornstan resting at St Augustine's [8] |
Beornstan of Winchester | 10th | West Saxon | Winchester Old Minster | |
Beornwald of Bampton | 10th | West Saxon | Bampton | |
Bercthun of Beverley | 8th | Northumbrian | Beverley | |
Berhtwald of Canterbury | 8th | Kentish | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Bertha of Kent | 7th | Frankish / Kentish | Canterbury St Augustine's | Mention in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus[8] |
Billfrith of Lindisfarne | 8th | Northumbrian | Durham | |
Birinus of Dorchester | 7th | Roman | Winchester Old Minster | |
Blaise | 4th | Roman | Canterbury Christ Church | Relics of Saint Blaise were held by Canterbury Christ Church, thought to have been brought from Rome in 908 by Archbishop Plegmund[20] |
Blitha of Martham | unknown | East Anglian | Martham | Mother of St Walstan[17] |
Boisil of Melrose | 7th | Gaelic / Northumbrian | Melrose / Durham | |
Boniface | 8th | West Saxon | Mainz / Fulda / Dokkum, Frisia | Famous for being the "Apostle of Germany" for his missionary efforts among the German people. Originally from Crediton in Devon and named Wynfryth until Pope Gregory II dubbed him Boniface. Martyred in Dokkum in Frisia by bandits. |
Bosa of York | 8th | Northumbrian | York | |
Botwine of Ripon | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon | |
Botwulf of Thorney | 7th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Brannoc of Braunton | unknown | British | Braunton | |
Branwalator of Milton | unknown | British | Milton Abbas | |
Ceadda of Lichfield | 7th | Northumbrian | Lichfield | |
Ceatta of Lichfield | unknown | obscure | Lichfield | Possibly a duplication of Ceadda (above) [21] |
Cedd of Lichfield | 7th | Northumbrian | Lichfield | |
Centwine of Wessex | 7th | West Saxon | Glastonbury | In the list of saints entitled "Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium", he is listed resting at Glastonbury Abbey[8] |
Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth | 8th | Northumbrian | Langres / Glastonbury / Monkwearmouth | |
Ceolwulf of Northumbria | 8th | Northumbrian | Lindisfarne | |
Cett of Oundle | unknown | obscure | Oundle | |
Credan of Bodmin | unknown | British | Bodmin | |
Cissa of Crowland | 8th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Coenwulf of Mercia | 9th | Mercian | Winchcombe | |
Congar of Congresbury | unknown | British | Congresbury | |
Cotta of Breedon | 8th | Mercian | Breedon-on-the-Hill | |
Credan of Evesham | 8th | Mercian | Evesham | |
Cuthbald of Peterborough | 8th | East Anglian | Peterborough | |
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne | 7th | Northumbrian | Durham | Bones originally at Lindisfarne, at various places including Carlisle, Norham, Crayke and Chester-le-Street, before settling at Durham in the late 10th century for the remainder of the Middle Ages [22] |
Cuthburh of Wimborne | 8th | West Saxon | Wimborne | |
Cuthflæd of Lyminster | unknown | South Saxon | Lyminster | |
Cuthmann of Steyning | unknown | South Saxon | Steyning | |
Cwenburh of Wimborne | 8th | West Saxon | Wimborne | |
Cyneburh of Castor | 7th | Mercian | Peterborough | |
Cyneburh of Gloucester | 7th | Mercian | Gloucester | |
Cynehelm of Mercia | 9th | Mercian | Winchcombe | |
Cyneswith of Peterborough | 7th | Mercian | Peterborough | |
Dachuna of Bodmin | unknown | British? | Bodmin | A virgin saint venerated in Cornwall, Dachuna is known from the list of resting-places of Hugh Candidus, authored around 1155.[23][24] Dachuna, along with Medan and Credan, were allegedly associates of Saint Petroc, whom they rested alongside at Bodmin Priory.[25] There is no documentation of a Dachuna in Cornwall beyond Hugh Candidus' list; male bishops and saints with similar names are known in Ireland. According to Nicholas Orme, Hugh Candidus may have conflated another location with Bodmin and incorrectly ascribed the saints to the priory.[26] |
Decuman of Watchet | unknown | British | Watchet | |
Deusdedit of Canterbury | 7th | Kentish | Canterbury St Augustine's / Leominster | |
Diuma of Charlbury | 7th | Gaelic / Mercian | Charlbury | |
Domnanuerdh of Beckley | unknown | obscure | Beckley | |
Dryhthelm of Melrose | 8th | Northumbrian | Melrose | Famous for the vision of the afterlife attributed to him by Bede;[27] evidence for cult limited, but he is mentioned in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus [8] |
Dunstan of Canterbury | 10th | West Saxon | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Eadberht of Lindisfarne | 7th | Northumbrian | Lindisfarne | According to tradition, his bones were taken from Lindisfarne in the late 9th century [28] |
Eadburh of Bicester | 7th | Mercian | Bicester | |
Eadburh of Pershore | unknown | Mercian | Pershore | possibly identified with Eadburh of Winchester |
Eadburh of Southwell | unknown | Mercian | Southwell | |
Eadburh of Thanet | 8th | Kentish | Lyminge | |
Eadburh of Winchester | 10th | West Saxon | Winchester Nunnaminster | |
Eadfrith of Leominster | 7th | Northumbrian | Leominster | |
Eadfrith of Lindisfarne | 8th | Northumbrian | Lindisfarne | Tradition has it that his bones were taken from Lindisfarne in the late 9th century [29] |
Eadgar of England | 10th | West Saxon | Glastonbury | |
Eadgyth of Aylesbury | unknown | Mercian | Aylesbury | |
Eadgyth of Polesworth | 10th | West Saxon | Polesworth | |
Eadgyth of Wilton | 10th | West Saxon | Wilton | |
Eadmund of East Anglia | 9th | East Anglian | Bury St Edmunds | |
Eadmund the Confessor | unknown | obscure | unknown | Known only in the litany from Lambeth Palace MS 427, a 15th-century addition to a psalter of the 11th century [30] |
Eadnoth of Ramsey | 11th | East Anglian | Ely | |
Eadthryth of Grantham | unknown | obscure | Grantham | |
Eadweard the Confessor | 11th | West Saxon | Westminster | |
Eadweard the Martyr | 10th | West Saxon | Shaftesbury | |
Eadweard of Maugersbury | unknown | Mercian | Maugersbury / Stow-on-the-Wold | |
Eadwine of Northumbria | 7th | Northumbrian | Whitby / York | |
Eadwold of Cerne | 9th | West Saxon | Cerne Abbas | |
Ealdberht of Ripon | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon / Peterborough | |
Ealdgyth of Stortford | unknown | Mercian | Bishops Stortford | |
Eanmund | 8th | Northumbrian | unknown | |
Eanswith of Folkestone | 7th | Kentish | Folkestone | |
Earconwald | 7th | Mercian | London / Chertsey | |
Eardwulf of Northumbria | 9th | Northumbrian | Breedon-on-the-Hill | |
Earmund of Stoke Fleming | unknown | West Saxon | Stoke Fleming | |
Eata of Hexham | 7th | Northumbrian | Hexham | |
Ecgberht of Ripon | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon | |
Ecgwine of Evesham | 8th | Mercian | Evesham | |
Echa of Crayke | 8th | Gaelic / Northumbrian | Crayke | |
Edor of Chertsey | 9th | West Saxon | Chertsey | |
Elfin of Warrington | unknown | British | Warrington | |
Eoda | 7th | Northumbrian | unknown | may be identical with St. Oda |
Eormengyth of Thanet | 7th | Kentish | Minster-in-Thanet | |
Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth | 7th | Northumbrian | Monkwearmouth | |
Evorhilda | unknown | West Saxon | Poppleton | |
Felix of Dommoc | 7th | Frankish | Ramsey | |
Firmin of North Crawley | unknown | Roman? | North Crawley / Thorney | Compare Fermin, martyr and bishop of Amiens |
Florentius of Peterborough | unknown | Roman | Peterborough | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS E, his relics were transferred from Bonneval Abbey to Peterborough in 1013; he is perhaps Florentius of Sedun, martyred by the Vandals[31] |
Freomund of Mercia | 9th | Mercian | Dunstable | |
Frithestan of Winchester | 10th | West Saxon | Winchester Old Minster | |
Frithuric of Breedon | 7th | Mercian | Breedon-on-the-Hill | |
Frithuswith of Oxford | 8th | Mercian | Oxford | |
Frithuwold of Chertsey | 7th | Mercian | Chertsey | |
Fursey of Cnobheresburg | 7th | Gaelic / East Anglian | Péronne | |
Grimbald of St Bertin | 10th | Frankish | Winchester New Minster | |
Guthlac of Crowland | 8th | East Anglian | Crowland | |
Hadrian of Canterbury | 8th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | Born in the Roman exarchate of Africa, conquered by the Arabs in Hadrian's lifetime [32] |
Hædde of Winchester | 8th | West Saxon | Winchester Old Minster | |
Hæmma of Leominster | 7th | Mercian | Leominster | |
Hereberht of Huntingdon | unknown | obscure | unknown | |
Herefrith of Thorney | unknown | East Anglian | Thorney | May have been a bishop of Lindsey[32] |
Hilda of Whitby | 7th | Northumbrian | Whitby / Glastonbury | |
Hildeburh | 7th | Mercia | Dee Estuary | |
Hildelith of Barking | 8th | East Saxon | Barking | |
Hiurmine of Blythburgh | 7th | East Anglian | Blythburgh / Bury St Edmunds | |
Honorius of Canterbury | 7th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Huna of Thorney | 7th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Humbert of Stokenham | unknown | West Saxon | Stokenham | |
Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum | unknown | West Saxon | Whitchurch Canonicorum | |
Hygebald of Lindsey | 7th | obscure | Hibaldstow | |
Hyglac | 8th | Northumbrian | unknown | |
Indract of Glastonbury | 9th | Gaelic / West Saxon | Glastonbury | |
Inicium | unknown | obscure | Thorney | Body appears to have been in Bochesuurtha, perhaps either Boxworth or Buckworth, before resting at Thorney [33] |
Ivo of Ramsey | unknown | British | Ramsey | |
Iwig of Wilton | 7th | Northumbrian | Wilton | |
Jermin | 8th | East Anglian | Bury St. Edmunds | Killed at the Battle of Bulcamp, his body was translated from Blythburgh. Also known as Jurmin |
John of Beverley | 8th | Northumbrian | Beverley | |
John the Sage | unknown | obscure | Malmesbury | William of Malmesbury believed this saint to be John Scotus Erigena, while historian Michael Lapidge has suggested John the Old Saxon, scholar of Alfred the Great[34] |
Jordan of Bristol | unknown | obscure | College Green, Bristol | Jordan is only attested to as a saint of the Anglo-Saxon era in a 15th-century hymn and in the writings of later antiquarians.[35] |
Judoc of Winchester | 7th | British | Winchester New Minster | |
Jurmin | 7th | East Anglian | Killed in Battle with Penda | Prince of East Anglia, Son of King Anna |
Justus of Canterbury | 7th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Juthwara of Sherborne | 6th | Dumnonia, sub-Roman British | Sherborne | |
Laurence of Canterbury | 7th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Leofwynn of Bishopstone | 7th | South Saxon | Bishopstone | |
Mærwynn of Romsey | 10th | West Saxon | Romsey | |
Maildub of Malmesbury | 7th | Gaelic / West Saxon | Malmesbury | |
Margaret of Wessex | 11th | West Saxon | Dunfermline | |
Mellitus of Canterbury | 7th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Melorius of Amesbury | unknown | British | Amesbury | |
Merefin | unknown | Mercian | unknown | |
Mildburh of Wenlock | 8th | Mercian | Wenlock | |
Mildgyth | 8th | Mercian | unknown | |
Mildrith of Thanet | 8th | Mercian | Minster-in-Thanet / Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Milred of Worcester | 8th | Mercian | Berkswell | |
Modwenna of Burton | unknown | Gaelic / Mercian | Burton | |
Monegunda of Watton | 6th | Frankish | Watton | |
Nectan of Hartland | unknown | British | Hartland | |
Neot | unknown | British | St Neots | |
Nothhelm of Canterbury | 8th | Kentish | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Oda of Canterbury | 10th | Anglo-Norse | Canterbury Christ Church | |
Odwulf of Evesham | 9th | Frisian | Evesham | |
Osana of Howden | 8th? | Northumbrian | Howden | |
Osburh of Coventry | unknown | Mercian | Coventry | |
Osgyth | 7th | East Saxon | Chich / Aylesbury | |
Osthryth | 7th | Northumbrian | Bardney | |
Oswald of Northumbria | 7th | Northumbrian | Lindisfarne / Gloucester / various | Body rested at Bardney, hands at Bamburgh and head at Lindisfarne in the time of Bede; body was translated to Gloucester in 909; the right-arm was later at Peterborough, with the head at Durham and some other bones at Glastonbury [36] |
Oswald of Worcester | 10th | Anglo-Norse | Worcester | |
Oswine of Northumbria | 7th | Northumbrian | Tynemouth / Durham | Despite a brief period at Durham, Oswine rested at Tynemouth Priory; Durham possessed the head [37] |
Pandionia of Eltisley | unknown | obscure | Eltisley | |
Patrick | unknown | Romano-British | Glastonbury (/Armagh) | Body was alleged to be buried at Glastonbury in the Anglo-Saxon period, though it was discovered by John de Courcy and translated to Armagh Cathedral in 1185[38] |
Paulinus of York | 7th | Roman | Rochester | |
Pega of Peakirk | 8th | East Anglian | Peakirk | |
Rayne | unknown | obscure | unknown | |
Regenhere of Northampton | 9th | East Anglian | Northampton | |
Ruffinus of Stone | 7th | Mercia | Stone | |
Rumon of Tavistock | unknown | British | Ruan Lanihorne / Tavistock | |
Rumwold of Buckingham | unknown | Mercian | Buckingham | |
Samson of Dol | 6th | British | Milton Abbas | |
Sæbbi of London | 7th | East Saxon | London | Cult uncertain [39] |
Sativola of Exeter | 6th | Dumnonia Sub-Roman British | Exeter | Venerated throughout the Middle Ages in Devon, she has been linked with the 6th Cornish anchoress Sitofolla, sister of Paul Aurelian[40] |
Seaxburh of Ely | 8th | East Anglian | Ely | |
Sicgred of Ripon | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon / Peterborough | |
Sigeburh of Thanet | 8th | Kentish | Minster-in-Thanet | |
Sigfrith of Monkwearmouth | 7th | Northumbrian | Monkwearmouth | |
Swithhun of Winchester | 9th | West Saxon | Winchester Old Minster | |
Tatberht of Ripon | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon / Peterborough | |
Tancred of Thorney | 9th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Torthred of Thorney | 9th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Tova of Thorney | 9th | East Anglian | Thorney | |
Theodore of Canterbury | 7th | Roman | Canterbury St Augustine's | |
Tibba of Ryhall | 7th | Mercian | Ryhall / Peterborough | |
Ultan the Scribe | 8th | Gaelic / Northumbrian | unknown | Gaelic scribe-priest known only from the 9th-century work of a monk named Æthelwulf, De Abbatibus [41] |
Urith of Chittlehampton | unknown | British | Chittlehampton | In Latin, Hyaritha; name probably represents Welsh Iwerydd [41] |
Wendreda | 7th | East Anglian | Ely/March, Cambridgeshire | |
Werburh of Chester | 8th | Mercian | Hanbury / Chester | |
Wærstan | unknown | Mercian | Great Malvern | |
Walstan of Bawburgh | unknown | East Anglian | Bawburgh | |
Wigstan of Repton | 9th | Mercian | Repton / Evesham | |
Wihtberht | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon | |
Wihtburh of Ely | 8th | East Anglian | Ely | |
Wihtred of Thorney | unknown | obscure | Thorney | |
Wilfrith of Hexham | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon / Canterbury Christ Church | |
Wilfrith II | 8th | Northumbrian | Ripon | |
Wilgils of Ripon | 7th | Northumbrian | Ripon / Peterborough | |
Wilgyth of Cholsey | 6th | Dumnonia, sub-Roman Britain | Cholsey | |
Wulfgar of Peterborough | unknown | obscure | Peterborough | |
Wulfhad of Stone | 7th | obscure | Stone | |
Wulfhild of Barking | 11th | Mercian | Barking | |
Wulfram of Grantham | 8th | Frankish | Grantham | |
Wulfric of Holme | 10th | East Anglian | Holme | |
Wulfsige of Sherborne | 11th | West Saxon | Sherborne | |
Wulfthryth | 11th | West Saxon | Wilton | |
Wynthryth of March | unknown | obscure | March / Ely |
- Anglo-Norse, of mixed English and Scandinavian extraction characteristic of northern and central England in the later Anglo-Saxon era
- British, from the British population native to pre-Germanic England, including Welsh, Cornish, Cumbrian and Celtic Armoricans, as well as saints from regions of England Anglicized very late
- East Anglian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Anglian region of early medieval England, modern Norfolk, Suffolk as well as some of Cambridgeshire or Lincolnshire
- East Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Saxon region of early medieval England
- Frankish, from the Frankish kingdom in Gaul, including native Latin-speakers but excluding Bretons
- Frisian, from the Frisian region of early medieval Europe
- Gaelic, in origin a Gaelic-speaking Celt from Ireland or northern Britain
- Kentish, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Kentish region of early medieval England
- Mercian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Mercian region of early medieval England
- Northumbrian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Northumbrian region of early medieval England
- Roman, from the Roman (or 'Byzantine') Empire, excluding Britain
- Romano-British, from Roman Britain and neither clearly British or clearly Latin
- South Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the South Saxon region of early medieval England
- West Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the West Saxon region of early medieval England
See also
[edit]- Secgan
- List of saints of Ireland
- List of Cornish saints
- List of Welsh saints
- List of saints of the Canary Islands
Notes
[edit]- ^ D. W. Rollason, "Lists of saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England" in ASE 7 (1978), p. 62
- ^ a b c Blair, "Handlist", p. 502
- ^ a b c Blair, "Handlist", p. 503
- ^ a b Blair, "Handlist", p. 504
- ^ a b c Blair, "Handlist", p. 506
- ^ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Alburga", p. 13
- ^ Yorke, Nunneries, p. 76
- ^ a b c d e f g h Blair, "Handlist", p. 563
- ^ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Ethelnoth", p. 166
- ^ a b Blair, "Handlist", p. 507
- ^ Blair, "Handlist", p. 508
- ^ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Elwin", p. 157
- ^ Blair, "Handlist", pp. 508–09
- ^ Blair, "Handlist", p. 510
- ^ Blair, "Handlist", p. 511
- ^ Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, s.v. "Amphibalus", p. 20
- ^ a b Blair, "Handlist", p. 515
- ^ Known only from the Hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. Stowe MS 944 Archived 2014-01-03 at archive.today, British Library.
- ^ Blair, "Handlist", p. 516
- ^ Pfaff, "The Calendar", p. 66
- ^ Blair, "Handlist", p. 520
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