Everything about Alkelda totally explained
Alkelda is an
Anglo-Saxon saint (d. c
800) of whom almost nothing is known and whose existence has been questioned.
The legend is that she was an Anglo-Saxon princess, and probably also a nun, who was strangled by pagan
Viking women during
Danish raids of about
800 at
Middleham in
Yorkshire. She is patron of the church of
Middleham, and also of that of
Giggleswick, but of no others. This area is known for its many springs, some very near the sites of these churches, and there's no documentary reference to this saint until the late
Middle Ages, so it has been surmised that the name
Alkelda is in fact simply a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon word
haligkelda, meaning
healing spring. Feast day:
28 March.
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