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<p> the last of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] prelates, was born at Icentum, Warwickshire, about 1007. He was educated at Evesham and Peterborough, and was ordained a presbyter at the usual age. He then became a monk at Worcester, and gradually rose in that monastery until at last he became prior. In 1062 he was chosen bishop of Worcester, and succeeded in rescuing that see from the control of the archbishop of York. He enjoyed the favor of [[William]] the Conqueror, and after him of his son Rufus. He rebuilt the [[Cathedral]] of Worcester; put down an insurrection of the adherents of Duke [[Robert]] of Normandy; and defended the city against an army of the rebels led by [[Roger]] de Montgomery. He died in Worcester, either on Nov. 23 or Jan. 19, 1095. He is not known to have written anything either in Saxon or Latin, though an attempt has been made to prove that he was the author of the entries in the Saxon Chronicle from 1034 to 1079. See William of Malmesbury, De Gestis Pontificum; Whartol, Anglia Sacra, vol. 2. </p>
<p> an English prelate of the 11th century, became archbishop of York in 1003, holding along with that dignity the bishopric of Worcester, and died in 1023. He is supposed to be the author of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] Homilies, to which is affixed the name of [[Lupus]] Episcopos. One of these may be found in Hickes, Thesautrus, 3, 99-106. See Wright, Biog. Brit. Lit. (Anglo- Saxon Period), p. 505. </p>


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<ref name="term_66316"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wulstan+(3) Wulstan from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_66323"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wulstan+(2) Wulstan from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 15 October 2021

Wulstan [1]

an English prelate of the 11th century, became archbishop of York in 1003, holding along with that dignity the bishopric of Worcester, and died in 1023. He is supposed to be the author of the Anglo-Saxon Homilies, to which is affixed the name of Lupus Episcopos. One of these may be found in Hickes, Thesautrus, 3, 99-106. See Wright, Biog. Brit. Lit. (Anglo- Saxon Period), p. 505.

References

  1. ↑ Wulstan from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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