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Waltheof of Melrose
Archbishop of York-elect; Abbot of Melrose
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Feast: 3 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1095
Died
1159
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Waltheof (c. 1095–1159) was a 12th-century English abbot and saint. He was the son of Simon I of St Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton and Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, thus stepson to David I of Scotland, and the grandson of Waltheof, Earl of Northampton.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- David I of Scotland Saint“He was the son of Simon I of St Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton and Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, thus stepson to David I of Scotland, and the grandson of Waltheof, Earl of Northampton.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints - St Waltheof (Walthen), abbot of Melrose, 3 August — "ST WALTHEOF or WALTHEN, Abbot of Melrose"; feast 3 August, as in our record.
- Wikidata Q716958 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Waltheof of Melrose (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.