Alphege of Wells
Deceased Person
– 0937
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Who was Alphege of Wells?
Alphege was the third Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was consecrated in January 926, and died around 937.
At the start of the reign of King Æthelstan in 924, Alphege was a member of his household, one of his mass priests, who were probably responsible for looking after his relics. Early in Æthelstan's reign, Alphege witnessed his manumission of a slave called Ealdred, and he also attested a charter on the day of Æthelstan's coronation, 4 September 925. He was appointed Bishop of Wells in succession to Wulfhelm, who had been translated to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
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