Aldhelm

Family: West Saxons · Role: bishop · First appears: Book V · Chap. XVIII

Life events

705 · The West Saxon bishopric was divided into two dioceses, assigned to Daniel and Aldhelm.(Book V · Chap. XVIII)
- With: Daniel
- “Upon his death, the bishopric of that province was divided into two dioceses. One of them was given to Daniel, which he governs to this day; the other to Aldhelm”
705 · Aldhelm wrote against Briton practices, leading many to adopt the Catholic Paschal celebration.(Book V · Chap. XVIII · 📍 Maildufus)
- “through the reading of this book many of the Britons, who were subject to the West Saxons, were led by him to adopt the Catholic celebration of our Lord’s Paschal Feast.”
705 · Aldhelm died, and Forthere became bishop in his stead.(Book V · Chap. XVIII)
- With: Forthere
- “On his death, Forthere was made bishop in his stead, and is living at this time”

with Pechthelm (Pechthelm was for a long time with Aldhelm.) “The most reverend bishop, Pechthelm, of whom we shall speak hereafter in the proper place, and who while still deacon or monk was for a long time with his successor Aldhelm, was wont to relate that many miracles of healing have been wrought in the place where he died, through the merit of his sanctity;”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.