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About Aldhelm
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.
Everything about Aldhelm →- Occupation
- poet, Catholic priest, writer, Catholic bishop
- Position held
- abbot, Roman Catholic Bishop of Sherborne
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Born
- 639
- Died
- May 25, 709