Aethelwulf 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 855 (taq) / 858 (ob.) |
| Religion | Christian |
| Ethnicity | Anglo-Saxon |
| Locations | Britannia (officeplace); Britannia (residence); Rome; Britannia |
| Titles | King of the Saxons (office) |
| Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle); Prudentius of Troyes, Annales = Annales Bertiniani II, PL 115. 1376-1420; ed. G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 5 (Hanover, 1883), pp. 11-54 (annals) |
Aethelwulf 1 was king of the Saxons who visited Rome during the papacy of Benedict III (Benediktos 7); his name is lost from the text of the Liber Pontificalis (see Duchesne, Lib. Pont. II, p. 150, note 26); he abdicated and went to Rome with gifts for St Peter's; at the request of Benediktos 7 he made a public distribution of gold and silver to the clergy and leading men of Rome and to the people; he then returned to his kingdom and died shortly afterwards: Lib. Pont. 106. 34. His pilgrimage to Rome is recorded in the Annales of Prudentius of Troyes; in 855 he travelled on a pilgrimage to Rome and was warmly treated en route by the emperor Karoulos 1: Prudentius, Annales s.a. 855 (PL 115. 1410). On his return in 856 he married the daughter of Charles, Iudith: Prudentius, Annales s.a. 856 (PL 115. 1411). In 858 he died: Prudentius, Annales s.a. 858 (PL 115. 1414).
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