Aldhun of Durham (died 1018 or 1019), also known as Ealdhun, was the last Bishop of Lindisfarne (based at Chester-le-Street) and the first Bishop of Durham...

the new cathedral. The new cathedral was founded by Bishop Aldhun, and Uhtred married Aldhun's daughter, Ecgfrida, probably at about this time. From his...

Warden Law and, despite the effort of the congregation, would not move. Aldhun, Bishop of Chester-le-Street and leader of the order, decreed a holy fast...

succeeded by Sylvester II as the 139th pope of the Catholic Church. Bishop Aldhun consecrates a cathedral (later Durham Cathedral), at a site where the remains...

also ordered the destruction of the old cathedral that had been built by Aldhun, to make way for the construction of a new, larger cathedral, the current...

Warden Law and, despite the effort of the congregation, would not move. Aldhun, Bishop of Chester-le-Street and leader of the order, decreed a holy fast...

and saint October 6 – Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (b. 965) Aldhun (or Ealdhun), bishop of Lindisfarne (or 1018) Sergius II (the Studite),...

Jarrow Location Ecclesiastical province York Information First holder Aidan Aldhun (first bishop of Durham) Established 635 (at Lindisfarne) 995 (translation...

protection of the Earl of Northumbria, with whom the bishop at this time, Aldhun, had strong family connections. Today the street leading from The Bailey...

with the connivance of Cnut. Ealdred's mother was Ecgfrida, daughter of Aldhun, bishop of Durham. Some time probably in the mid 1020s Ealdred killed Thurbrand...

cathedral founded 997 (995); extant; founded 995 (997), built by Bishop Aldhun; Benedictine monks founded 1093 (or 1083) by Bishop William of St Carileph...

England. 995 Ælfric of Abingdon enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne, moves his episcopal see from Chester-le-Street to...

Durham gradually acquired the lands that would become County Durham. Bishop Aldhun began this process by procuring land in the Tees and Wear valleys, including...

monks. Viking raids renewed under the reign of Ethelred II. In 995 Bishop Aldhun again found himself vulnerable to Danish attack and fled with St. Cuthbert's...

Aeddan ap Blegywryd, king of Gwynedd Adolf I of Lotharingia, German nobleman Aldhun, bishop of Lindisfarne (or 1019) Dragomir, ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia...

Appointed perhaps around 968 Term ended perhaps around 990 Predecessor Aldred Successor Aldhun Personal details Died perhaps around 990 Denomination Christian...

Catholic Church. The diocese existed from the seventh century until Bishop Aldhun moved it to Durham in 995. In 1970, the Pope Paul VI revived the see of...

within the village as being the place of the epiphany of Aldhun of Durham, the place where Aldhun claimed to have received a vision from Saint Cuthbert saying...

succeeded by Sylvester II as the 139th pope of the Catholic Church. Bishop Aldhun consecrates a cathedral (later Durham Cathedral), at a site where the remains...

Edmund Bishop of Durham Appointed 1020 Term ended 1041 Predecessor Aldhun Successor Eadred Other post(s) monk Personal details Died 1041 Gloucester...

The line of bishops of Durham stretches back to the 10th century, when Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne (995–1018), transferred his see to Durham around...

belonging to the Bishopric of Durham when the sees were merged by Bishop Aldhun in 995. It was this purchase that was later responsible for the parish becoming...

Aeddan ap Blegywryd, king of Gwynedd Adolf I of Lotharingia, German nobleman Aldhun, bishop of Lindisfarne (or 1019) Dragomir, ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia...

867–891 (now thought probably to come before Ealhmund) Stithheard 891–922 Aldhun 922–? Cuthred Ælfric? Ecgwulf St Dunstan 940–957+ Lengthened Ine's church...

Durham gradually acquired the lands that would become County Durham. Bishop Aldhun began this process by procuring land in the Tees and Wear valleys, including...

"lease" by Bishop Aldhun, bishop of St Cuthbert (c. 990 – c. 1018), to three different earls: These are the lands which Bishop Aldhun [990–1018] and the...

cathedral was taken over by the Church of England. From the time when Bishop Aldhun in 995 brought the body of St. Cuthbert from Chester-le-Street and built...

cathedral founded 997 (995); extant; founded 995 (997), built by Bishop Aldhun; Benedictine monks founded 1093 (or 1083) by Bishop William of St Carileph...

abandoned. After long peregrinations, Durham was founded in around 995 by Aldhun and other followers of Cuthbert's cult. The location, a rocky peninsula...