Saint Egelwine of Athelney

Saint Egelwine of Athelney, also known as Aylwine, Egelwin, Ethelwin, or Ethelwine, was a seventh-century prince of Wessex, England. Born in Athelney, Somersetshire, England, little is known about his early life. However, what is known is that he dedicated his life to a prayerful hermitage at Athelney, a remote and swampy island in Somersetshire....