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St. Aldhelm (AD 639-709)

http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/aldhelm.html

Brief account of Aldhelm's life, work, and significance in literature and religious history, edited from Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints".

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St. Aldhelm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280b.htm

Abbot of Malmesbury, bishop of Sherborne, poet, d. about 709. Variants on the saint's name include Ealdhelm, Aeldhelm, Adelelmus, Althelmus, and Adelme. Biographical article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

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Fragment of Verse in Latin and Old English

http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/library/oe/texts/a30.html

17 lines of a poem attributed to Aldhelm in which some of the half-lines are in Old English and others in Latin.

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Ant-lion riddle by Aldhelm

http://www.antlionpit.com/aldhelm.html

From his book of 100 riddles. Includes Latin text and modern English translation.

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Aldhelm of Sherborne

http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0525.shtml

Biography of St. Aldhelm, also known as Adhelm or Aldelmus.

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