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Ælfweard (died 1044) was a medieval
Bishop of London
The bishop of London is the Ordinary (church officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723.
The diocese covers of 17 boroughs o ...
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A monk from
Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey Abbey was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England. It was founded about AD 969 and Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolved in 1539.
The site ...
in
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England, which was historically a county in its own right. It borders Peterborough to the north, Fenland to the north-east, East Cambridgeshire to the e ...
who became the
Abbot of Evesham in 1014, Ælfweard became
Bishop of London
The bishop of London is the Ordinary (church officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723.
The diocese covers of 17 boroughs o ...
but retained Evesham.
[Wardle ''Heroes & Villains of Worcestershire'' p. 10] He was consecrated in 1035,
[ but when he developed ]leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a Chronic condition, long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the Peripheral nervous system, nerves, respir ...
he was expelled from Evesham and he returned to Ramsey.[ He died on either 25 or 27 July 1044.][Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220]
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Bishops of London
1044 deaths
Year of birth unknown
11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
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