ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 23rd of September
ALFWOLD, KING OF NORTHUMBRIA, MARTYR
Alfwold (Alfwoldus, Celwoldus, Elfwaldus, Ethelwoldus) was a king of Northumbria in England, and was killed in a conspiracy against him by a patrician named Sicgan. This murder - of a most despicable kind - happened at Scythleicester in A.D. 788. Alfwold never seems to have enjoyed public veneration, although he was otherwise held in high esteem.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 141)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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