himself to be ransomed. Ælfheah was canonised as a saint in 1078. Thomas Becket, a later Archbishop of Canterbury, prayed to Ælfheah just before his murder...

Ælfheah the Bald is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (died 12 March 951), the first English Bishop of Winchester of that name. He is sometimes known...

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Canterbury in 941, Æthelstan Half-King, ealdorman of East Anglia, and Ælfheah the Bald, Bishop of Winchester. Government at the local level was mainly...

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murdered Archbishop Ælfheah on April 19, 1012, during Canute's invasion of England, has ordered the reburial as an atonement for Ælfheah's death. July 20 –...

account, Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury baptized him near Andover, Hampshire, England in 994. However, Henrietta Leyser, the author of Ælfheah's entry in the...

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attested the king's charters, though in a lower position than his successor, Ælfheah. Beornstan died at Old Minster, Winchester, where he was probably buried...

Tunbeorht Denewulf Frithestan Beornstan/Byrnstan Ælfheah I Ælfsige I Beorhthelm Æthelwold I Ælfheah II Arms of the Bishop of Winchester High Medieval...

Germany founds the Diocese of Bamberg during a synod held in Frankfurt. Ælfheah of Canterbury travels to Rome to receive his pallium – symbol of his status...

placement of their charters on the altar, while it got the relics of St Ælfheah, at the displeasure of the people of London. Another see in the king's...

telling his parents, but they eventually accept his decision. April 19 – Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury in England, is murdered by his Danish captors...

raiders led by Thorkell the Tall pillage Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner. Byrhtferth, Benedictine monk...

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the king's mass-priests (priests employed to say Mass in his household), Ælfheah, became Bishop of Wells, while another, Beornstan, succeeded Frithestan...

unknown. They were close to Eadwig and he made the eldest, Ælfheah, his seneschal. Ælfheah and his wife Ælfswith, who was also acknowledged by Eadwig...

played a leading role in the translation of the body of the martyr St Ælfheah from London to Canterbury, an occasion seen by Harthacnut's biographer...

1067 (Plummer, p. xxv note). Another possibility (New Pal. Soc.) is that Ælfheah, bishop of Winchester, may have brought it with him when he became archbishop...

lady of royal rank who was herself a niece of King Æthelstan, to Bishop Ælfheah of Winchester, to Bishop Cynesige of Lichfield, and to various men at court...

were close to Eadwig and he made the eldest brother, Ælfheah, his discifer (seneschal). Ælfheah and his wife Ælfswith, who was also acknowledged by Eadwig...

priest by Ælfheah the Bald, Bishop of Winchester, on the same day as Saint Dunstan. After a period in the late 930s studying under Ælfheah at Winchester...

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Stafford and defended by Barbara Yorke. In his will, Ælfhere's brother Ælfheah described Ælfthryth as his gefædera, a word which denotes the relationship...

"emerged" and that he was born around 910. B states that he was related to Ælfheah the Bald, the Bishop of Winchester and Cynesige, Bishop of Lichfield. According...

samurai (d. 1025) Xiao Yanyan, Chinese Khitan empress (d. 1009) probable Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1012) Al-Karaji, Persian mathematician Bermudo...

624–704) Adrian of Canterbury, (or Hadrian, born before 637, died 710) Aelfheah, (died 1012) Ailred of Rievaulx Ælfric of Eynsham (the Grammarian), (died...

1009 he negotiated with marauding Vikings to save the life of Archbishop Ælfheah of Canterbury, which proved to be unsuccessful. Eadric also continued to...

Danes from Maldon,[citation needed] and in 994 he was sent with Bishop Ælfheah of Winchester to make peace with Olaf Tryggvason at Andover. Æthelweard...

785 865 1073 Gregory VII Heribert of Cologne c.970 1021 1075 Gregory VII Ælfheah of Canterbury (Alphege of Winchester) c.953 1012 1078 Gregory VII Pope...