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Saint Kenelm (or
Cynehelm) was an Anglo-Saxon saint,
venerated throughout medieval England, and
mentioned in the
Canterbury Tales (The Nun's Priest's Tale...
- UK
public library membership required) Rollason,
David (2004). "
Cynehelm [St
Cynehelm,
Kenelm (supp. fl. 803x11)".
Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography...
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succeeded by his brother, Ceolwulf; a post-Conquest
legend claims that his son
Cynehelm was
murdered to gain the succession.
Within two
years Ceolwulf had been...
- Mommaerts-Browne, nonetheless,
disagrees in
observing that Ceonwulf's son,
Cynehelm died young, and that his daughter, Cwoenthryth, was a nun,
therefore Eadburh's...
- 810s) was the wife of the
Mercian King Coenwulf, and had his two children,
Cynehelm and Cwoenthryth. Ælfthryth is
established as Coenwulf's wife from charter...
- of
Breedon Credan of
Evesham Cyneburh of
Castor Cyneburh of
Gloucester Cynehelm of
Winchcombe Cyneswith of
Peterborough Eadburh of
Bicester Eadburh of...
- 1940)
Christian feast day:
Alexius of Rome (Western Church)
Andrew Zorard Cynehelm Cynllo Inácio de
Azevedo Jadwiga of
Poland Magnus Felix Ennodius Marcellina...
- of
Breedon Credan of
Evesham Cyneburh of
Castor Cyneburh of
Gloucester Cynehelm of
Winchcombe Cyneswith of
Peterborough Eadburh of
Bicester Eadburh of...
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members of the
Mercian ruling class, the
aforementioned Coenwulf and his son
Cynehelm,
later venerated as
Saint Kenelm.
According to more
recent research, the...
- and is
buried in
Winchcombe Abbey. He is
briefly succeeded by his son
Cynehelm, but he is killed,
probably fighting the Welsh,
though supposedly through...
