Event: ProphecyÆlfheah 19.prophecy on three priests
Scholarly Info
Description |
On the day in which he consecrated three men to priesthood, Ælfheah 19 said to those near him that two of them would become bishops and the third would come to a miserable end. |
Year |
934 x 939 |
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Notes:
*The scholarly dates are from @Lapidge and Winterbottom, p. 11, n. 11.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Ælfheah 19
(I, the Bald, bishop of Winchester, 934x935-951)
- (Other):
Æthelwold 1
(Saint; Abbot of Abingdon, c.954-963; Bishop of Winchester, 963-84) : According to Alfheah 1's prophecy, Æthelwold 1 would become bishop of Winchester
- (Other):
Dunstan 1
(Archbishop of Canterbury, 959-988) : About him Alfheah 1 said that he would become bishop of Worcester and then of Canterbury.
- (Other):
Æthelstan 30
(Consecrated priest with Æthelwold 1) : Alfheah 1 said that he would waste away amid treacherous blandishments of pleasure and come to a miserable end.