Directory of Saint Aldhelm Resources

Information on St. Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury and bishop of Sherborne, scholar. He died in about 709.

Resources in This Category

Aldhelm as a Scholar

http://www.tertullian.org/articles/james_two_english_scholars.htm
Lecture on Aldhelm's life and writings by M.R. James.
Aldhelm of Sherborne

http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0525.shtml
Biography of St. Aldhelm, also known as Adhelm or Aldelmus.
Ant-lion riddle by Aldhelm

http://www.antlionpit.com/aldhelm.html
From his book of 100 riddles. Includes Latin text and modern English translation.
Fragment of Verse in Latin and Old English

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a30.htm
17 lines of a poem attributed to Aldhelm in which some of the half-lines are in Old English and others in Latin.
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.
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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