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Aldhelm ( Old English: Ealdhelm, Latin: Aldhelmus Malmesberiensis) ( c. 639 – 25 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, and a writer and scholar of Latin poetry, was born before the middle of the 7th century. He is said to have been the son of Kenten, who was of the royal house of Wessex. [1]
- Epistola ad Acircium
Aldhelm records that his riddles, which appear in this...
- Epistola ad Acircium
Aldhelm (born c. 639—died c. 709) was a West Saxon abbot of Malmesbury, the most learned teacher of 7th-century Wessex, a pioneer in the art of Latin verse among the Anglo-Saxons, and the author of numerous extant writings in Latin verse and prose.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
views 1,608,745 updated. Aldhelm ( c. 639–709) was one of the most learned men of his time. Thought to be related to West Saxon kings and educated at Malmesbury under the Irish scholar Maildubh, he also studied briefly at the Canterbury school flourishing under Archbishop Theodore and Abbot Hadrian after 669.
Aldhelm ( Old English: Ealdhelm, Latin: Aldhelmus Malmesberiensis) ( c. 639 – 25 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, and a writer and scholar of Latin poetry, was born before the middle of the 7th century. He is said to have been the son of Kenten, who was of the royal house of Wessex. He was certainly not, as his early ...
Overview. Aldhelm. (c. 639—709) abbot of Malmesbury, bishop of Sherborne, and scholar. Quick Reference. ( c. 639–709) was one of the most learned men of his time.
At Malmesbury, Aldhelm found a small, but ancient, church, then in ruins, which he rebuilt, or repaired, and dedicated it to SS. Peter and Paul, the favourite saints of the Anglo-Saxons around that time. His biographers have preserved the verses which Aldhelm composed to celebrate its consecration. Aldhelm was not a voluminous writer.
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