Tags: Christian Bishop.
Beornstan (or Byrnstan) was an English Bishop of Winchester. He was consecrated in May 931. He died on 1 November 934. After his death he was revered as a saint.At the start of the reign of King Æthelstan in 924 Beornstan was a member of his household one of his mass priests who were probably responsible for looking after his relics. Early in Æthelstan’s reign Beornstan witnessed his manumission of a slave called Ealdred.