Æthelwold was a common Anglo Saxon name. It may refer to: Royalty and nobility King Æthelwold of Deira, King of Deira, d. 655 King Æthelwold of East Anglia, King of East Anglia, d. 664 King Æthelwold Moll of Northumbria, King of Northumbria, d. post-765 Æthelwold ætheling, son of King Æthelred of Wessex, d. 902 Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia, son of Æthelstan Half-King, d. 962 Saints Saint Æthelwold (hermit), hermit on Inner Farne, d. 699; feast kept 23 March Saint Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne), Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 740; feast kept 12 February Saint Æthelwold of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester, d. 984; feast kept 1 August Other clerics Æthelweald, Bishop of Dunwich, mid-9th century Æthelwold (bishop of Lichfield), Bishop of Lichfield, d. 845 Æthelwold (bishop of Dorchester), Bishop of Dorchester, d. 950 Æthelwold II (bishop of Winchester), Bishop of Winchester, d. 1012 Æthelwold (bishop of Carlisle), Bishop of Carlisle, d. 1157