Saint Alphege the Bald is the commonly used named for Ælfheah the Bald (d. 12 March 951), the first Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester of that name. March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... Events Allat the Maharana of Mewar come to powers. ... The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ... Arms of the Bishop of Winchester The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. ...

He may have been a relative of Saint Dunstan. He certainly began his career as a monk at the court of King Athelstan and was made Bishop of Winchester in 935. He was an early mover towards the monastic reforms of the next generation and was tutor of Saint Aethelwold. He died on 12 March 951 and was buried in Old Minster in Winchester. He was subsequently revered as a saint. Dunstan (909–May 19, 988) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (961–988) who was later canonized as a saint. ... A monk is a person who practices asceticism, the conditioning of mind and body in favor of the spirit. ... For the East Anglian king christened Æthelstan, see Guthrum the Old. ... Events Václav (Saint Wenceslas), Duke of the Bohemians, murdered by his brother, Boleslav I, who succeeds him Gyeonhwon, the king of Hubaekje, is overthrown by his eldest son Singeom. ... Saint Æthelwold (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc) (909-984) was a 10th century Bishop of Winchester and leader of the monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England. ... The Old Minster was the Anglo-Saxon cathedral for the diocese of Wessex and then Winchester from 660 to 1093. ... Statistics Population: 40,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU485295 Administration District: City of Winchester Shire county: Hampshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hampshire Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office...