Ælfric Ecgeling
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Persona
Ælfric was born in approximately AD 950 in Ecgeling (Eggleston), near Durham, northern England (unified English rule, previously Kingdom of Northumbria). A second son to his parents, he found his calling to holy orders at a young age and was given to Ecgeling Abbey as an oblate at the age of 10. By 18, he had been ordained a priest and acted as confessor for the brothers of Ecgeling Abbey for many years.
In about AD 975, he felt a calling to voyage to the far east to make converts amongst the people there. He spent several years in the Empire of the Great Song (Song Dynasty China, AD 960-1279), and was entertained with great mutual interest at court under the Taizu and Taizong emperors.
After returning to Ecgeling, he was elected abbot by his brothers to fill the sede vacante which had recently happened.
Circa AD 985, he was appointed archbishop of the See of Ecgeling, during the rule of King Æthelred the Unready.
SCA History
In June of A.S. 54, he apprenticed to Maestra Lucia Bellini, former Baroness of Windmasters' Hill, in the noble arts of Calligraphy and Illumination.
In February of A.S. 56, he became Principle of the Windmasters' Hill Baronial Scribal Guild, succeeding Lady Caitrina Inghean Fearghuis.
Offices Held
Associations
Casa Bellini (Scribal Household) => Apprentice
Ecgeling Abbey (Scribal Confraternity) => Father Abbott
Windmasters' Hill Baronial Scribal Guild => Principle
Fait Accompli (Household) => Protégé (Forthcoming)
Heraldry
Forthcoming
Awards and Achievements
Link to Atlantia OP entry: Atlantia Order of Precedence.