Saint Wulfric of Holme (Latin: Wolfeius) was a tenth-centuryhermit andsaint from Norfolk.[1][2] Hisfeast date is December 9.[3]
After the monastery ofSt. Benet’s at Holme (founded c. 820 by Saint Suneman) was destroyed byDanes, who massacred Saint Suneman and his fellow monks in c. 870, Saint Wulfric rebuilt the monastery in c. 960.[4]
He gathered seven other monastics and governed this community for 60 years. Wulfric won the favour ofKing Cnut whilst living nearby inHorning. Around 1020King Cnut granted the community his property inHorning and the villages ofLudham andNeatishead, and confirmed his gift inWinchester whereCnut’s official, Maynard, who had previously slandered Wulfric and his companions, is said to have had his neck broken by divine intervention.[4]
A note written by William Worcestre during a visit to themonastery in 1479 states that "the holy Wolfeius, the first hermit of this monastery" was found on the list of those commemorated on the 9th of December.[4]
Saint Wulfric would therefore have died on the 9th of December around c. 1020.[3][4]
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