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ALDHELM (c. 640-709), bishop of Sherborne, English |
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ALDHELM (c. 640-709), bishop of Sherborne?, English |
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house of Wessex, but who was certainly not, as Aldhelm's |
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house of Wessex, but who was certainly not, as Aldhelm's |
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Meldunesburg, etc., and finally Malmesbury,1 after him. In 668 Pope Vitalian sent Theodore of Tarsus to be archbishop of Canterbury, and about the same time came the African scholar |
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Meldunesburg, etc., and finally Malmesbury, after him. In 668 [Pope Vitalian]? sent [Theodore of Tarsus]? to be archbishop of Canterbury, and about the same time came the African scholar |
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works. Ill-health compelled him to leave Canterbury, and he |
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works. Ill-health compelled him to leave Canterbury, and he |
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abbot. He introduced the Benedictine rule, and secured the |
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abbot. He introduced the Benedictine rule, and secured the |
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found two other monasteries to be centres of learning at FRome |
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found two other monasteries to be centres of learning at Frome? |
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monastery. His fame as a scholar rapidly spread into other |
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monastery. His fame as a scholar rapidly spread into other |
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first Englishman, so far as we know, to write in Latin verse, |
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first Anglo-Saxon, so far as we know, to write in Latin verse, |
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by the encomium of Bede (Eccl. Hist. v. 18), who speaks of |
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by the encomium of Bede in (Eccl. Hist. v. 18), who speaks of |
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the request of Pope Sergius I. (687-701) he paid a visit to |
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the request of Pope Sergius I (687-701) he paid a visit to |
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ovation. He was deputed by a synod of the church in Wessex |
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ovation. He was deputed by a synod of the church in Wessex |
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705, or perhaps earlier, Haeddi, bishop of Winchester, died, |
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705, or perhaps earlier, Haeddi, bishop of Winchester?, died, |
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William of Malmesbury. He was on his rounds in his diocese |
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[William of Malmesbury]?. He was on his rounds in his diocese |
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Aldhelm wrote poetry in Anglo-Saxon also, and set his own compositions to music, but none of his songs, which were |
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Aldhelm wrote poetry in Anglo-Saxon also, and set his own compositions to music, but none of his songs, which were |
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subjects. Aldhelm wrote in elaborate and grandiloquent Latin, which soon came to be regarded as barbarous. Much admired as he was by his contemporaries, his fame as a scholar therefore soon declined, but his reputation as a pioneer |
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subjects. Aldhelm wrote in elaborate and grandiloquent and very difficult Latin, which soon came to be regarded as barbarous. Much admired as he was by his contemporaries, his fame as a scholar therefore soon declined, but his reputation as a pioneer |
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Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed |
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Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed |
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