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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