Odulf Explained

Odwulf of Evesham (or Odulf, Odulph, Odulfo, Odulphus; died 855)^[1] was a ninth century saint,^[2] monk and Frisian missionary.

Lives

Odwulf is recorded in the Medieval Secgan Hagiography^[3] the Medieval Hagiography of Saint Ecgwine and the Ave presul glorioseI Augustine psalter, where he is linked with Oda of Canterbury, hagiography of St Odulf, and Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham^[4]

Odwuld died in 855 AD.He is buried in Evesham,^[5] with Saints Ecgwine and Wigstan.

Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),

Butler's account

The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints under July 18,

Notes and References

1. William George Searle, Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum: A List of Anglo-Saxon Proper Names from the Time of Beda to that of King John. (Cambridge University Press, 2012) Page 363.
2. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press.
3. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v Stowe MS 944
4. Mullins, E. L. C. (1958). Texts and Calendars I: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications. (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks No. 7.) London: Royal Historical Society.
5. Evesham Abbey and the Parish Churches: A Guide, p.8; The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, p.387