Saint Alkmund of Northumbria

Saint Alkmund of Northumbria Also known as

Alcmund
Alchmund
Alcumundus
Ealhmund

19 March

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Born a prince, the son of the Northumbrian King Alcred. King of Northumbria after the murders of his father and his brother Osred. Known for his charity to the poor and orphaned. Exiled to the area of Pictish Scotland and later murdered by agents of the usurping king Eardwulf of Northumbria. There are six churches in England dedicated to him.

Born

774 in northern England

Died

martyred in c.800 in Mercia (in modern Shropshire, England)
buried at Northworthy (modern Derby), England
relics later translated to Shrewsbury abbey by Ethelfleda, the Lady of the Mercians
relics returned to the White Church in Derby in 1140
during the move his tomb was reported to exude a perfume