Ealdwulf

Ealdwulf

Infobox Archbishop of York
name = Ealdwulf


birth_name = Ealdwulf
consecration = 995
began=unknown
term_end = 6 May 1002
predecessor = Oswald
successor = Wulfstan II
birth_date =
birthplace =
death_date = 6 May 1002
deathplace =
tomb =

Ealdwulf (died 1002) was a medieval Abbot of Peterborough, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York.

Life

Traditional stories state that Ealdwulf was a layman and chancellor to King Edgar of England when one night he accidentally smothered his son while sharing a bed with the child. Rather than go to Rome to seek absolution for this sin, which had been his original plan, Ealdwulf founded Peterborough Abbey on the advice of Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester. Ealdwulf then joined his new foundation as a monkHunt "Ealdwulf (d. 1002)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/317 Online Edition] accessed 10 November 2007] before becoming abbot of Peterborough from about 966 to 992.Knowles "Heads of Religious Houses" p. 59] Fletcher "Bloodfeud" p. 70]

He was bishop of Worcester as well as archbishop of York from 995Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 224] to his death on 6 May 1002. While archbishop, he held a synod at Worcester around 1000 to consider moving the relics of Saint Oswald of Worcester.Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 246]

His reputation was one of extreme piety.Brooke "York Minster" "Churches and Churchmen" p. 40] William of Malmesbury compared him to his sucessor Wulfstan as follows "Ealdwulf can be pardoned for holding the two sees contrary to canon law because of his sanctity, and because he did it not through ambition but by necessity."Quoted in Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 25]

Notes

References

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* Fletcher, Richard "Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England" Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003 ISBN 0-19-516136-X
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* Hunt, William "Ealdwulf (d. 1002)" rev. Mary Frances Smith, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/317 Online Edition] accessed 10 November 2007
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External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=11812 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ealdwulf]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Worcester; Abbot of Peterborough; Archbishop of York
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