Wulfstan, St c.1009-1095
Anglo-Saxon prelate

Born in Long Itchington, near Warwick, he was educated at the Abbey of Peterborough. He became a monk, subsequently prior, at Worcester, and was appointed Bishop of Worcester in 1062. At the Norman Conquest of 1066 he made submission to William the Conqueror, and was the only Englishman left in his see. Later he supported William II, Rufus. He preached at Bristol against the slave trade practised by merchants there, putting an end to it. He helped to compile the Domesday Book, and may have written part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He was canonized in 1203, and his feast day is 19 January.