St Wulstan of Worcester

Born c. 1008 at Long Itchington, Warwickshire, to Aethelstan and Wulfgifu (who later entered monasteries in Worcester, the young Wulstan (or Wulfstan) was sent to study at Evesham and Peterborough. On his return, as his 12^th century biographer William of Malmsebury (drawing on an earlier biography by a monk called Coleman who was a contemporary of Wulstan) recounts, he found himself facing powerful temptations against the life of chastity to which he wished to devote himself... Read more here...