Aldhelm

Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet and scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature

639 CE to 709 CE

Aldhelm (Old English: Ealdhelm) (c. 639 – 25 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet and scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature, 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, 25th May.

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