(I'm a bit short of ideas for blog posts so resorting to a few saints over the next few days!)
When the Normans conquered England in 1066 King William replaced every English bishop with one of his own men. Every bishop except Wulfstan who had been educated in an English monastery, become a monk in Worcester and made bishop there in 1062. He was known to be a very Saintly man - perhaps that was why he was spared and was the nephew of Archbishop Wulfstan who had previously been Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of York
Wulfstan tried to stop a slave trade based in Bristol and rebuilt Worcester cathedral. He remained Bishop for 32 years and died in 1095.After his death news spread of miraculous cures that took place at his tomb and he was canonized in 1203.
Later King John requested to be buried next to Wulfstan's tomb in Worcester after he died. And he was buried there in 1216.
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| From St Johns, Worcester |
As a true English Saint I do think he ought to have some weather rhymes attached to his day - but nothing is mentioned anywhere.
(Info from 'A Calendar of Saints' by James Bentley and from internet)
Thanks everyone for comments about the batch cooking, sorry for not answering - I fell into some internet rabbit holes looking for things to blog about next week! Luckily I found a good ideas.
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Sue
The name sounds familiar - thanks for the story. xx
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of him at all
DeleteWulfstan is one of those 'back of the mind' names. It was interesting to read about him, thank you.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't anywhere in my mind - a mystery saint!
DeleteIt's my youngest brothers birthday as well, not that he's that young anymore.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your brother!
DeleteThanks for another informative post. We have dreadful underfoot conditions this morning after rain onto heavy frost. Think I’ll stay indoors and probably do some knitting and reading. Catriona
ReplyDeleteFrosty here too but not too cold
DeleteHow sad that in subsequent centuries, Bristol once again became a key port in the slave trade... Wulfstsn deserves wider recognition
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a strange fact to find from way earlier than the usual mention of slaves
DeleteI had never heard of this Saint - thanks for the info x
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Me neither - until I found him in my book
DeleteInteresting, I had never heard of him before. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I knew nothing about him either until I found him in the Saints book
DeleteGosh, that's the 3rd or 4th time I've seen a mention of King John today! St Wulfstan must have had great cachet if he wanted to be buried next to him.
ReplyDeleteVery odd about the King John mentions all in one day
DeleteI am always amazed at the large number of saints. My very Catholic Uncle knew the saints quite well but never mentioned this one. Yesterday, in the icy cold, I managed to get some apple juice to the orchard. Now it is up to the trees to produce well... We shall see!
ReplyDeleteSaints for every day of the year and sometimes several for the same day
DeleteThanks for the answer to a crossword clue I missed and left blank. The answer is Normans. LOL.
ReplyDeletehappy to help!
DeleteOops! The clue was “Who were the Roman invaders?”
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for St Wulstan, primarily because of the mental hospital near to Malvern which I visited as a university student. They were the only place to offer admin/secretarial training to their recovering patients rather than just handcrafts. Michael Wood in his programmes about the Domesday survey spoke about the power of Wulstan. He successfully argued for Anglo Saxon lords and various "churches" to retain their lands and rights and was the only Bishop to do so.
ReplyDeletequestion: The 'deposed' bishops...were they murdered, or did they see the sense to stepping aside and ceding to the wishes of King William. I tried to find information on this, but was unable to.
ReplyDeleteOur local church is St Wulstan and the GP surgery is St Wulfstan. Off to Google to see if he was a local boy
ReplyDeleteSo interesting!
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