Aelfnoth of Stowe

Holy Martyr Aelfnoth of Stowe, also called Alnoth, was an English hermit and martyr who died in the year 700. Little is known of him: the Life of Saint Werburgh shows him as a pious herdsman at Weedon who bore with great patience the ill-⁠treatment of the bailiff set over him. Later he became a hermit in a very lonely spot, where he was murdered by two robbers. For this reason he was honoured as a martyr, and pilgrims came to his tomb at Stowe near Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire. He is not found in the early calendars; his feast was later kept on 27 February or 25 November. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 27 February (new calendar).