Aldwyn is an
Anglo-Saxon saint. The village of
Coln St Aldwyn in
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
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is generally supposed to be named after him.
In
Bede's ''
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'', an Aldwyn is mentioned who was abbot of
Partney
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Partney is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north of Spilsby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village was the birthplace of Henry St ...
. According to Bede he was the brother of
Saint Æthelwine, who became bishop of Lindsey from around 680, and of Æthelhild, abbess of a monastery nearby.
1906 VCH article on Partney, with Bede's references to "Aldewin"
/ref> There is no indication that this is the saint of Coln, but it is possible.
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Mercian saints
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History of Lincolnshire
History of Gloucestershire
Bede