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Aelfric (c. 955-1020)

English writer and abbot. Between 990 and 998 he wrote in vernacular Old English prose two sets of sermons known as Catholic Homilies, and a further set known as Lives of the Saints, all of them largely translated from Latin. They are notable for their style and rhythm.

Aelfric taught at Cernel monastery (now Cerne Abbas) in Dorset, and was abbot of Eynsham from 1005.



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