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'''Oswald''' can refer to:
:''For the Northumbrian king and saint, see ].''


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'''Saint Oswald''' (d. ]) was a ] in ] ] who was ] of ].
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Oswald was of Danish stock, and he studied in the home of his uncle, ], ]. He later became a ] monk in ]. He returned to England in ], and ] made him bishop of ] in ]. With Dunstan and ] Oswald worked to revive religious learning in the northern midlands and to correct abuses in practice. They brought in scholars from the continent to instruct local abbots. Oswald founded monasteries at Westbury, Worcester, ], and the ]. He became archbishop of York in ]. However, he remained in Worcester to continue to oversee monastic reforms. The monasteries Oswald formed were threatened by Elfhere, the earl of Mercia, who disrupted several of the houses, though not Ramsey. Upon his death, he was buried in the church of St. Mary at Worcester.

His feast day is ].
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Oswald can refer to: