Fondation de l’église par Saint Ethelred of Mercia en 689, Vitrail, 1890, église St John's Chester
St John's Church, Chester ( England ). Westminster Window ( 1890 ): Foundation
of the church by king Ethelred of Mercia 689.
St
John's Church, Chester ( England ). Westminster-Fenster ( 1890 ): Gründung der
Kirche durch König Ethelred von Mercia 689.
Saint Ethelred
Roi de Mercie
(Angleterre), il abdiqua pour devenir moine bénédictin à Bardney. Il y fut élu
abbé et mourut en 716.
Saint Ethelred
(+ 716)
Fêté en Angleterre dont
il fut l'un des premiers rois (roi de Mercie). Après avoir régné trente ans, en
704, il alla s'enfermer dans un monastère à Bardney et y vécut saintement les
treize dernières années de sa vie.
Il est le frère des saintes
Kineburge et Kineswide.
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6783/Saint-Ethelred.html
Saint Ethelred de Bardney
Roi de Mercie
Fête le 4 mai
† 716
Ethelred, roi de Mercie,
abdiqua pour devenir moine à Bardney, où il fut élu plus tard abbé. Saint
Ethelred est dépeint comme un abbé Bénédictin avec les insignes royaux à ses
pieds. Il est vénéré à Leominster.
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/ethelred-de-bardney/
Also
known as
Ailred of Bardney
Profile
Born a prince,
the son of King Penda
of Mercia in England.
Ethelred became king of
Mercia himself in 674. Abdicated in 704 to
become a monk at Bardney
Abbey where he later became abbot.
716 at
the at
Bardney, England of
natural causes
in England
abbot with
royal regalia (crown, sceptre,
etc.) at his feet
Additional
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MLA
Citation
‘Saint Ethelred of
Bardney‘. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 February 2024. Web. 10 April 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ethelred-of-bardney/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ethelred-of-bardney/
Article
ETHELRED (Saint) King
(May 4) (8th century) A king of Mercia, uncle of Saint Wereberga, who resigned
his crown to become a monk at Bardney, where he was afterwards elected Abbot.
He died A.D. 716.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Ethelred”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
17 January 2013. Web. 10 April 2026. <https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-ethelred/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-ethelred/
St. Ethelred
Feastday: May 4
King of Mercia who
resigned his throne to
become a Benedictine monk at
Bardney, England. He became the abbot at
Bardney.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3197
Ethelred of Bardney, OSB
King (AC)
Died 716. Ethelred, king
of Mercia, abdicated to become a monk at Bardney, where he was later elected
abbot (Benedictines). Saint Ethelred is depicted as a Benedictine abbot with
royal regalia at his feet. He is venerated at Leominster (Roeder).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0504.shtml
Menology
of England and Wales – Ethelred, 716
Ethelred, son of Penda,
succeeded his brother Wulfere as King of Mercia, A.D. 675. A year later he
waged a cruel war against the kingdom of Kent, leading an undisciplined army,
which destroyed churches and monasteries, and laid waste the city of Rochester.
He had also a bitter feud with Egfrid, King of Northumbria, which was at length
appeased through the mediation of St Theodore. After a victorious reign of
thirty years, Ethelred desired to devote his thoughts exclusively to the
kingdom of the life to come, and for this purpose renounced his earthly realm
and retired to the Abbey of Bardney, to which place his wife Osthrytha had
solemnly translated the relics of her martyred uncle Saint Oswald. In this
monastery, for which he had a singular predilection, the king made his
religious profession, leaving the cares of government entirely to his nephew
and successor Coenred, and here he ended his days in peace.
Father Richard Stanton.
“Ethelred, 716″. Menology of England and Wales, 1887. CatholicSaints.Info.
23 April 2015. Web. 3 May 2015. <
http://catholicsaints.info/menology-of-england-and-wales-ethelred-716/>
SOURCE : http://catholicsaints.info/menology-of-england-and-wales-ethelred-716/
Sant' Etelredo Re
di Mercia, abate
Festa: 4 maggio
† Monastero di Bardney,
716
Figlio del pagano Penda,
re di Mercia, Etelredo succedette a Wulfhere nel 674. Durante la guerra contro
il re del Kent, distrusse chiese, monasteri e la città di Rochester, ma in
seguito, il leone, divenuto agnello, amaramente si pentì dei suoi eccessi. In
seguito alla uccisione della moglie Osthryth, avvenuta nel 697, Etelredo, nel
704, dopo un regno di vent’anni, abdicò in favore del nipote Coenred ed entrò
nel monastero di Bardney, dove divenne abate e morì nel 716. E’ ricordato il 4
maggio.
Etelredo nacque nel VII
secolo da Penda, Re pagano di Mercia, un regno situato nell'odierna Inghilterra
centrale. Cresciuto in un ambiente guerriero e avvezzo alle lotte di potere,
egli stesso si distinse per il suo valore militare, tanto da succedere al
fratello Wulfhere nel 674, assumendo il comando del regno.
Il regno di Etelredo fu segnato da numerose battaglie, condotte principalmente
contro il Kent, regno rivale situato a sud-est. Nel corso di queste guerre,
Etelredo si macchiò di atti di crudeltà, distruggendo chiese, monasteri e la
città di Rochester. Tuttavia, come spesso accade nella storia, la ferocia del
condottiero lasciò spazio al pentimento del peccatore.
Un evento cruciale nella vita di Etelredo fu la conversione al Cristianesimo, avvenuta in circostanze non del tutto chiare. La fede operò in lui una profonda trasformazione, portandolo a pentirsi amaramente delle sue azioni passate. In segno di espiazione, egli si dedicò con fervore alla religione, compiendo opere di pietà e beneficenza.
Nel 697, Etelredo fu colpito da un grave lutto: la morte della moglie Osthryth. In preda al dolore e al senso di colpa, decise di abdicare al trono in favore del nipote Coenred. Si ritirò quindi a vita monastica nel monastero di Bardney, dove trascorse i restanti anni della sua esistenza in preghiera e penitenza.
Etelredo morì nel 716, lasciando in eredità la memoria di un uomo che, pur essendosi macchiato di gravi colpe, seppe trovare la forza di redimersi e di dedicarsi completamente a Dio.
Autore: Franco Dieghi