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Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (born 639)
Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (born 639)
Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (born 639)
Aldhelm
8th-century English Bishop and saint
- Died
- 709
Aldhelm, 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 biographer Faritius asserts, the brother of King Ine. After his death he was venerated as a saint, his feast day being the day of his death, 25 May.