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Aldhun of
Durham (died 1018 or 1019), also
known as Ealdhun, was the last
Bishop of
Lindisfarne (based at Chester-le-Street) and the
first Bishop of Durham...
- the new cathedral. The new
cathedral was
founded by
Bishop Aldhun, and
Uhtred married Aldhun's daughter, Ecgfrida,
probably at
about this time. From his...
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Warden Law and,
despite the
effort of the congregation,
would not move.
Aldhun,
Bishop of Chester-le-Street and
leader of the order,
decreed a holy fast...
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Warden Law and,
despite the
effort of the congregation,
would not move.
Aldhun,
Bishop of Chester-le-Street and
leader of the order,
decreed a holy fast...
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succeeded by
Sylvester II as the 139th pope of the
Catholic Church.
Bishop Aldhun consecrates a
cathedral (later
Durham Cathedral), at a site
where the remains...
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within the
village as
being the
place of the
epiphany of
Aldhun of Durham, the
place where Aldhun claimed to have
received a
vision from
Saint Cuthbert saying...
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Jarrow Location Ecclesiastical province York
Information First holder Aidan Aldhun (first
bishop of Durham)
Established 635 (at Lindisfarne) 995 (translation...
- monks.
Viking raids renewed under the
reign of
Ethelred II. In 995
Bishop Aldhun again found himself vulnerable to
Danish attack and fled with St. Cuthbert's...
- also
ordered the
destruction of the old
cathedral that had been
built by
Aldhun, to make way for the
construction of a new,
larger cathedral, the current...
- with the
connivance of Cnut. Ealdred's
mother was Ecgfrida,
daughter of
Aldhun,
bishop of Durham. Some time
probably in the mid 1020s
Ealdred killed Thurbrand...
