Saint Wulfstan

Saint Wulfstan (born c. 1008, Long Itchington, near Warwick, Eng.—died Jan. 19/20, 1095, Worcester) was the bishop of Worcester from 1062, the last surviving English holder of a bishopric after the Norman Conquest (1066). He ended the capture and sale of slaves at Bristol, rebuilt the cathedral at Worcester, helped compile Domesday Book (the record of William I the Conqueror’s survey of England), and was noted for his preaching and personal asceticism. Educated at Benedictine...