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Ælfric of Eynsham

Aelfricus Grammaticus la

English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)

  • Dated c. 950 CE – c. 1010 CE
  • Also called Ælfric the Grammarian, Ælfric of Cerne, Ælfric the Homilist

Overview

English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)Wikidata record description. Read Ælfric of Eynsham in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Belonged to

Offices held 1

  1. Dates unrecorded abbot Has references

Also held: 1 more record with no English name

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

Studied under 1

Ælfric of Eynsham English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)

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Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.

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