St Aldhelm

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St Aldhelm was a 7th–8th century Anglo-Saxon scholar, poet, and churchman who became the first Bishop of Sherborne and is venerated as a saint.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon churchman
Anglo-Saxon writer
Latin poet
abbot
bishop
hagiographer
saint
scholar
appointedBy Pope Sergius I NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 639
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED
deathDate 25 May 709
deathPlace Doulting NERFINISHED
denomination Catholic Church NERFINISHED
educatedAt Canterbury school NERFINISHED
school of Archbishop Theodore of Tarsus
school of Hadrian of Canterbury NERFINISHED
era 7th century
8th century
feastDay 17 May (some Anglican calendars)
25 May
honorificPrefix St NERFINISHED
knownFor Latin scholarship
complex Latin style
early Latin poetry in Anglo-Saxon England
promoting monasticism in Wessex
languageOfWorkOrName Latin NERFINISHED
Old English
notableWork Carmen de virginitate NERFINISHED
De Virginitate (prose) NERFINISHED
De Virginitate (verse) NERFINISHED
Epistola ad Acircium NERFINISHED
occupation abbot
bishop
poet
scholar
teacher
patronage Malmesbury NERFINISHED
Sherborne NERFINISHED
positionHeld Abbot of Malmesbury
Bishop of Sherborne NERFINISHED
region Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
seeAlso Diocese of Sherborne NERFINISHED
Malmesbury Abbey NERFINISHED
succeededBy Bishop Forthhere of Sherborne NERFINISHED
title Saint
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Sherborne Abbey foundedBy St Aldhelm
Malmesbury associatedWithPerson St Aldhelm
this entity surface form: Aldhelm