Ælfnoth or Alnoth (died 700) was an English hermit and martyr. Little is known of his life, though he is mentioned in Jocelyn's life of Werburgh as a pious neatherd at Weedon,[1] who bore with great patience the ill-treatment of the bailiff placed over him, and who afterwards became a hermit in a very lonely spot, where he was eventually murdered by two robbers.[2]
Ælfnoth | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 700 Stowe, Northamptonshire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Church of England |
| Major shrine | Stowe, Northamptonshire |
| Feast | 27 February or 25 November |
On this ground he was honoured as a martyr; and there was some concourse of pilgrims to his tomb at Stowe near Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire.
Ælfnoth is not mentioned in any surviving early calendars; his feast was later kept on 27 February or on 25 November.
References
edit- ^ Bonato, Mauro. "Sant’ Alnoto di Stowe", Santi e Beati, August 23, 2019
- ^ Thurston, Herbert. "St. Alnoth." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Acta Sanctorum, 27 February, III
- Stanton, Richard, Menology (London, 1892), 565
- Baring-Gould, S., Lives of Saints (London, 1894), II, 48.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Alnoth". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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