biography
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Ailred of Rievaulx, St
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also Aelred or Ethelred
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pronunciation:
[aylred, reevoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1109–66)
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| biography:
| Chronicler, born in Hexham, Northumberland, NE England, UK. A Cistercian monk (later abbot) at Rievaulx Abbey, he was a friend and adviser to both David I of Scotland and Stephen of England, and wrote a vivid Latin account of the battle between them at Northallerton, Yorkshire (1138). Feast days 12 January, 3 March. |
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