Event: Commemoration of the dead, ConfraternityÆthelstan 18-Wulfhelm 16.entry in Reichenau Liber Vitae
Scholarly Info
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In an entry in the Liber Vitae of Reichenau Wigheard 1 commends to the service of the community Æthelstan 18 and Wulfhelm 16, together with other friends (Anonymi 2390), both living and resting in peace. |
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Notes:
*According to S. Keynes, this entry can probably be linked to the journey of Bishop Cenwald to Germany in 929. See @S. Keynes, 'King Æthelstan's books', in Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. by H. Gneuss and M. Lapidge (Cambridge, 1985), pp. 143-201, att pp. 198-201.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Wigheard 1
(Person whose name was entered in the Liber Vitae of St Gallen in 929)
- Recipient:
Æthelstan 18
(King of the Anglo-Saxons, 924x925-927 and of the English, 927-939)
- Recipient:
Wulfhelm 16
(Archbishop of Canterbury, c.926-941; bishop of Wells, 923x925-926x928)
- Recipient:
Anonymi 2390
(Friends of Wigheard 1 commemorated collectively in the Liber Vitae of Reichenau)
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