Ælfric of Eynsham

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Ælfric of Eynsham was a late 10th- to early 11th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer renowned for his homilies, biblical commentaries, and influential works in Old English prose.

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Generate an image of Ælfric of Eynsham (Ælfric of Eynsham was a late 10th- to early 11th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer renowned for his homilies, biblical commentaries, and influential works in Old English prose.)

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Label Occurrences
Ælfric of Eynsham canonical 22
Abbot Ælfric 1
abbot of Eynsham 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon abbot ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon monk ⓘ
Old English writer ⓘ
biblical commentator ⓘ
grammarian ⓘ
hagiographer ⓘ
homilist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
birthPlace Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathPlace Eynsham Abbey ⓘ
educatedAt Winchester ⓘ
floruit c. 990–c. 1010 ⓘ
genre biblical commentary ⓘ
didactic prose ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
homily ⓘ
school dialogue ⓘ
influenced Anglo-Saxon preaching ⓘ
Old English prose style ⓘ
knownFor Lives of saints in Old English ⓘ
Old English homilies ⓘ
biblical exegesis in the vernacular ⓘ
teaching Latin grammar to English students ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
movement Benedictine Reform ⓘ
notableWork Catholic Homilies ⓘ
Letter to Brother Edward ⓘ
Letter to Sigeweard ⓘ
Letter to Wulfgeat ⓘ
Lives of Saints ⓘ
Pastoral Letters ⓘ
Preface to Genesis ⓘ
Ælfric’s Colloquy ⓘ
Ælfric’s Glossary ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric’s Grammar

Ælfric’s Grammar ⓘ
occupation abbot ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld abbot of Eynsham ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric of Eynsham

monk of Winchester ⓘ
priest ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
studentOf Æthelwold of Winchester ⓘ
workLocation Eynsham ⓘ
Winchester ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old English → hasAuthor → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Ælfric of Eynsham → positionHeld → abbot of Eynsham ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric of Eynsham
Catholic Homilies → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Lives of Saints → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Ælfric’s Grammar → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Preface to Genesis → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Preface to Genesis → writtenBy → Abbot Ælfric ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric of Eynsham
Letter to Sigeweard → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Letter to Sigeweard → authorAlternativeName → Ælfric the Grammarian ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric of Eynsham
Letter to Sigeweard → author → Ælfric, abbot of Eynsham ⓘ
linked to: Ælfric of Eynsham
Letter to Wulfgeat → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Letter to Wulfgeat → associatedPerson → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Letter to Wulfgeat → workOf → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Letter to Brother Edward → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Pastoral Letters → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Pastoral Letters → associatedPerson → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Eynsham Abbey → abbot → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Eynsham Abbey → notableAbbot → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Ælfric’s Colloquy → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Ælfric’s Colloquy → attributedTo → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableAuthor → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Ælfric’s Glossary → associatedWithScholar → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Old English Hexateuch → associatedWith → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
Second Series of Catholic Homilies → author → Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ