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Ælfheah (c. 953 – 19 April 1012), more commonly known today as Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury. He became an anchorite before being elected abbot of Bath Abbey. His reputation for piety and sanctity led to his promotion to the episcopate and, eventually, to his becoming archbishop.
San Elfego (en anglosajón Ælfheah y en inglés moderno Alphege) (Bath, Inglaterra, 954-Greenwich, Inglaterra, 19 de abril de 1012) fue un obispo anglosajón de Winchester y posteriormente arzobispo de Canterbury y primer mártir de Canterbury.
Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr. Alphege (Elphege, AElfheah) was born about 953, during the second major period of Viking raids against England. He became first a monk and then a hermit, and then was appointed Abbot of Bath. In 984 he became Bishop of Westminster.
3 de ene. de 2021 · Se registra que Alphege recitaba con alegría los salmos mientras estaba en cautiverio danés. ¿Será -se pregunta De Hamel- que sostenía este libro cuando fue martirizado?
San Alphege fue el primer arzobispo de Canterbury en morir como mártir. Algunas fuentes registran el golpe final, dado con la parte posterior de un hacha, como parte de un acto de bondad por un converso al cristianismo llamado Thrum.
Saint Aelfheah ; feast day, April 19) was the archbishop of Canterbury who was venerated as a martyr after his murder by the Danes. Of noble birth, Aelfheah entered the Benedictine abbey of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, and later became a hermit at Bath, Somerset, where followers elected him abbot.
St Alphege (953-1012) Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr & Saint. Alphege (Elphege, Alfege, and many variants) was born in the village of Weston near Bath and became an anchorite (form of hermit), later a monk at Deerhurst in Gloucestershire.
