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Memorial - 19 May
Profile Nephew of Saint Athelm. Monk. Hermit. Bishop of Worcester, and briefly the 43rd Bishop of London in 959. Spiritual director of Saint Wulsin. Reformed church life in 10th century England. Advisor to King Edwy until he advised the king on his profligate sexual ways - which caused the bishop to be exiled. Expert goldsmith, metal-worker, and harpist. Prophet.
Born 909 at Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, England
Died 988 at Canterbury, England
Patronage armourers, blacksmiths, blind people, gold workers, goldsmiths, jewellers, lighthouse keepers, locksmiths, musicians, silver workers, silversmiths, swordsmiths.
Representation gold cup; pincers; man holding a pair of smith's tongs; with a dove hovering near him; with a troop of angels before him
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