Aldwyn of Coln

Aldwyn is an List of Anglo-Saxon saints, Anglo-Saxon saint. The village of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire is generally supposed to be named after him.

In Bede's ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'', an Aldwyn is mentioned who was abbot of Partney. According to Bede he was the brother of Æthelwine of Lindsey, Saint Æthelwine, who became bishop of Lindsey from around 680, and of Æthelhild, abbess of a monastery nearby.1906 VCH article on Partney, with Bede's references to "Aldewin"
/ref> There is no indication that this is the saint of Coln, but it is possible.

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Mercian saints

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History of Lincolnshire
History of Gloucestershire
Bede