Event: Correspondence, Grant and GiftSergius 1.letter to Aldhelm 3
Scholarly Info
| Description |
Sergius 1 sent Aldhelm 3 a privilege for the monasteries at Malmesbury and Frome, following Aldhelm 3's request. |
| Year |
700 x 701 |
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Notes:
*The date should be ca. 701 (Check when Aldhelm 3 visited Rome in his correspondence).
*The two monasteries are put under the direct protection of Rome.
*See @Edwards 1986, p. 13 for the significance of Ine 1 and Æthelred 2's attestations in the Old English version of the document.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Sergius 1
(I, pope, 687-701)
- Recipient:
Aldhelm 3
(Abbot of Malmesbury; bishop of Sherborne, 706-709x710)
- Witness:
Ine 1
(King of the West Saxons, 688-726) : According to Aldhelm 3's endorsement of the charter, both Ine 1 and Æthelred agreed that whether there was peace or war between Saxons and Mercians, the monastery at Malmesbury would always be in peace.
- Witness:
Æthelred 2
(King of the Mercians, 675-704, d.?716; abdicated, Abbot of Bardney) : According to Aldhelm 3's endorsement of the charter, both Ine 1 and Æthelred agreed that whether there was peace or war between Saxons and Mercians, the monastery at Malmesbury would always be in peace.
Locations associated with this Event:
- Meldum, St Peter and St Paul's:
(Mynster),
now Malmesbury, Wiltshire
- River Frome: St John Baptist's:
(Mynster)