Editing Aldhelm (section)

===Death and veneration===
[[File:Statue of St Aldhelm in Sherborne Abbey.jpg|thumb|Conceptual statue of St Aldhelm in [[Sherborne Abbey]] by Marzia Colonna]]
Aldhelm was on his rounds in his diocese when he died at the church in [[Doulting]] village in 709, the [[Church of St Aldhelm, Doulting|Church of St Aldhelm]] and [[St Aldhelm's Well]] in the village are dedicated to him.<ref name=Handbook222/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/Doulting%20CAA%20August%202006.pdf |title=Doulting Conservation Area Appraisal |publisher=Mendip Council |access-date=20 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611190055/http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/Doulting%20CAA%20August%202006.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref> The body was taken to Malmesbury, and crosses were set up by his friend, [[Egwin]], [[Bishop of Worcester]], at the various stopping-places.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thurston |first=Herbert |chapter=St. Aldhelm |title=Catholic Encyclopedia |volume= 1 |location=New York |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |year=1907 |access-date=21 September 2012 |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280b.htm}}</ref> He was buried in the church of St Michael at [[Malmesbury Abbey]].<ref name=Blair512>Blair "Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints" ''Local Saints and Local Churches'' p. 512</ref> His biographers relate miracles due to his sanctity worked during his lifetime and at his shrine.<ref name="EB1911"/> The cape in [[Dorset]] commonly known as [[St Alban's Head]] is more properly called St. Aldhelm's Head in his honour.

Aldhelm was revered as a [[saint]] after his death, with his feast day being celebrated on 25 May.<ref name=Walsh21/> His [[relic]]s were translated in 980 by [[Dunstan]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref name=Blair512/> He is commemorated by a statue in [[Table of the Statuary of the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral|niche 124]] of the West Front of [[Salisbury Cathedral]]. There is also a statue in [[Sherborne Abbey]] of Aldhelm, created in 2004 by Marzia Colonna.<ref name=BathAC>{{cite web |url=http://www.theftr.co.uk/the-art-of-worship-the-bishop-of-salisbury-at-sherborne-abbey-festival/ |title=The Art of Worship, the Bishop of Salisbury at Sherborne Abbey Festival |access-date=8 November 2017 |work=The Fine Times Recorder |date=2 May 2014 }}</ref>
[[File:Flag of Saint Aldhelm.svg|thumb|Flag of Saint Aldhelm]]
Aldhelm's flag may be flown in his celebration. The flag, a white cross on a red background, is a colour reversed version of [[England]]'s St. George flag.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hampshireflag.co.uk/flags.asp?search=ST.%20ALDHELMS |title=The flag |access-date=12 April 2011 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719001803/http://www.hampshireflag.co.uk/flags.asp?search=ST.%20ALDHELMS |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110815053205/http://wessexsociety.org/wessex_flag_flying_days.html Wessex flag flying advice]</ref>

Aldhelm is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Commemoration (observance)|commemoration]] on 25 May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, a [[deanery|pastoral area]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton]] was named in honour of Aldhelm.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parishes |url=https://cliftondiocese.com/parishes/ |website=Clifton Diocese |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref>