Hieromartyr · 11th century
Hieromartyr Alphege of Canterbury
Also known as Aelfheah · Alphegus
Archbishop of Canterbury killed by Viking captors in 1012 after refusing to allow a ransom to be paid for him.
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Notes
Born c. 953; reposed 1012, Greenwich.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)