About Alchmund of Hexham
Alchmund of Hexham was a catholic priest.
Alcmund of Hexham (died 7 September 780 or 781) became the 7th bishop of the see of Hexham in Northumberland when he was consecrated on 24 April 767; the see was centred on the church there founded by Wilfrid.
Alcmund died on 7 September 780 or 781
In 1154, the church, having been ruined again, was again restored, and the bones of the Hexham saints, including Alcmund, were gathered into a single shrine. The Scots however pillaged and finally destroyed both church and shrine in a border raid in 1296.
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Who was Alchmund of Hexham?
Bishop of Hexham
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Alchmund of Hexham died on 7 September 781 in Hexham.
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Alchmund of Hexham was a catholic priest.
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