Confessor; archbishop of York, England; born England; died Worcester, England, 992. Nephew of Saint Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury, he became a Benedictine monk at Fleury, France. Saint Dunstan appointed him Bishop of Worcester (962), and Archbishop of York (974). Administering both sees, together with Saint Ethelwold and Saint Dunstan, he restored ecclesiastical discipline in England, and founded Ramsey monastery. He received the pallium from Pope John XIII at Rome; died February 29, while washing the feet of the poor. Patron of York. Emblems: dove, demon, church, stone, ship. Relics at York. Feasts, February 28, and October 15,.
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