page_title: Æthelwine of Athelney
section_title: Etymology of his Name
hierarchical_section_title: Æthelwine of Athelney / Etymology of his Name
caption_attribution_description: King Alfred's Monument: "On Athelney Hill this monument has been erected to commemorate where Alfred burnt the cakes (allegedly!). Rising majestically above the Somerset Levels to a height of 12 metres this must be one of the lowest hills in the country."
context_page_description: Æthelwine of Athelney was a 7th-century saint venerated in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. He lived as a hermit on the island of Athelney in the marsh country of Somerset, and is known to us through being recorded in the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He was venerated as a saint after his death, Nov. 26.
context_section_description: His name is two Anglo Saxon words, æðel (prince) and wine (friend protector).
   He takes his suffix from Athelney, the island where he lived. Athelney was made famous as the island fort in the Somerset marshes from where Alfred the Great launched his conquest of the Danes, two centuries after Æthelwine lived there. The Anglo-Saxon name of Athelney isle was "Æðelinga íeg", thought to mean the "Island of Princes" (æðeling) and as it had this name prior to Alfred it is possible that it derived from Æthelwine, or that it was an established royal residence, fort or refuge of some type. To give thanks for his victory, Alfred founded on the Isle in 888 AD, a monastery, Athelney Abbey.
caption: King Alfred's Monument
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