deaths
August 1, 984
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
Æthelwold of Winchester
Æthelwold of Winchester was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England.
Diocese of Winchester
The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. Founded in 660 AD, it is one of the older dioceses in England. It once covered the Kingdom of Wessex, many times its present size. Today it is most of the historic enlarged county of Hampshire.
August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 152 days remain until the end of the year.