Saints Library · Overcoming Obstacles
St. Ethelwold
Bishop of Winchester
Life and historical setting
Ethelwold (d. 740) is remembered in the Church as bishop of Winchester. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Winchester, England.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Ethelwold include Bishop of Lindisfarne, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop. The religious family connected with this vocation is Benedictine.
The enduring witness of Ethelwold is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, teaching and sacred learning, and pastoral and ecclesial leadership. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
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Teaching and sacred learning
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Pastoral and ecclesial leadership
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Religious life and community
Consecrated life, community discipline, or the building of a religious family shapes this witness.
Perseverance in grace
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Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Ethelwold is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, teaching and sacred learning, and pastoral and ecclesial leadership. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Ethelwold, strengthen us in conversion, perseverance, and cooperation with grace when the way is difficult. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.