Wulfstan
bishop of London; bishop of Worcester; archbishop of York
d. 28 May 1023
23rd Archbishop of York · c. 1003–c. 1023
Offices
- Archbishop of York № 23 · c. 1003 – c. 1023
Wulfstan was an English Bishop of London, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York. He is thought to have begun his ecclesiastical career as a Benedictine monk. He became the Bishop of London in 996. In 1002 he was elected simultaneously to the diocese of Worcester and the archdiocese of York, holding both in plurality until 1016, when he relinquished Worcester; he remained archbishop of York until his death. It was perhaps while he was at London that he first became well known as a writer of sermons, or homilies, on the topic of Antichrist. In 1014, as archbishop, he wrote his most famous work, a homily which he titled the Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, or the Sermon of the Wolf to the English.
Related people
- Ealdwulf succeeded · inferred
- Edmund of Durham consecrator of · traditional
- Æthelnoth consecrator of · traditional
- Ælfric Puttoc preceded · inferred
Works
Places
- Ely Cathedral burial
- York death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of York