Aelfwold of Sherborne

Saint Aelfwold of Sherborne (Ælfwold II) was bishop of Sherborne in Dorset, England, who died in 1058. Little is known of him, chiefly from William of Malmesbury. He was first a monk of Winchester and was consecrated bishop in 1045, succeeding his own brother Brithwine. His frugal life stood in contrast to the custom of the time, of riotous banqueting after the example of the Danish kings. He had great devotion to Saint Swithun, his old patron of Winchester, and to Saint Cuthbert; he made a pilgrimage to Cuthbert's shrine at Durham and died while singing the antiphon of Saint Cuthbert. After his death the see of Sherborne was united with that of Ramsbury. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 25 March (new style; 7 April in the old style).