St. Alcmund, Bishop of Hexham
(Ealhmund)

7 September

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Died September 7, 781. Alcmund was consecrated the seventh bishop of Hexham in 767, and was succeeded by Saint Tilbert in 781. Their sanctity is celebrated by Simeon of Durham, Roger of Hoveden, the Annals of Peterborough, and many martyrologies. Although Alcmund was buried beside Saint Acca outside the church; the site of his grave was lost during the Danish invasions. In 1032, following a revelation they were found and reburied within the church. In 1154, the relics of all the saints of Hexham were translated to a single shrine, as was recorded by a canon regular of Hexham, an eye-witness, but they were scattered by the Scots in 1296 (Benedictines, Farmer, Husenbeth, Raine).


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