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Grimbald was a monk of St. Bertin's at St. Omer, where he entertained King Alfred on his way to Rome.
Alfred later invited him to England, where he arrived in 885. Oxford writers say he was the first professor of divinity there, which Butler reports as their claim. The text on this page gives 903 for his death.
Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 54 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
Away to Rome. Alfred afterwards, at the advice of Eldred, archbishop of Canterbury, invited him over to England in 885. On the death of Eldred, the vacant see was offered to, and declined by, Grimbald, who retired to Winchester, and in the ensuing reign became abbot of the secular canons of Newminster at Winchester.
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Away to Rome. Alfred afterwards, at the advice of Eldred, archbishop of Canterbury, invited him over to England in 885. On the death of Eldred, the vacant see was offered to, and declined by, Grimbald, who retired to Winchester, and in the ensuing reign became abbot of the secular canons of Newminster at Winchester.
Feast: July 8
One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. Grimbald's story, and a nudge to keep going.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.
