Source: Textual EditionAldhelm.Ep

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Ehwald, Rudolfus (Rudolf) Aldhelmi et ad Aldhelmum epistulae Berlin 1919 475-94, 497, 499-503

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Lapidge, Michael, and Herren, Michael Aldhelm: The Prose Works Cambridge 1979 152-64 [translated by Michael Herren], 1

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description 1 Event Aldhelm.Ep  2 Aldhelm 3 wrote to say that he had longed for Hadrian 2's company since leaving Kent three years previously. 2 Event Aldhelm.Ep  1 Aldhelm 3 explained that he could not spend Christmas with the brethren (Anonymi 1990) as he had intended. 3 Event Aldhelm.Ep  7 (10) Aldhelm 3 expressed astonishment that Cellanus 1 had written to him as such an insignificant person.. 4 Event Aldhelm.Ep  10 (13) Aldhelm 3 sought Winberht 1's protection for land he had acquired. 5 Event Aldhelm.Ep  10 (13) Land suitable for fishing, originally granted by a king (Anonymous 786), was sold to Aldhelm 3 by Baldred 1. 6 Event Aldhelm.Ep  9 (12) Aldhelm 3 urged Wilfrid 2's abbots (Anonymi 2005) to cross the sea and join him in exile. 7 Event Aldhelm.Ep  9 (12) The bishop [sc. Wilfrid 2] was expelled from his bishopric. 8 Event Aldhelm.Ep  6 (8) Aldhelm 3 gave counsel to Sigegyth 1 and the sisters (Anonymi 2004). 9 Event Aldhelm.Ep  8 (11) Aldhelm 3 cautioned Ęthelwald 17 about his behaviour. 10 Event Aldhelm.Ep  6 (8) Aldhelm 3 petitioned a bishop (Anonymous 783) for the baptism of a nun (Anonymous 784), which was conditionally granted. 11 Event Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 490) Aldhelm 3 learnt from Irish sources (Anonymi 1999) about the travels thither by scholars in search of education (Anonymi 2000). 12 Event Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 489) Heahfrith 1 returned to Britain after six years of study in Ireland. 13 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (pp. 484-5) The bishops of Dyfed (Anonymi 1996) shunned Catholic ecclesiasts. 14 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (p. 485) Aldhelm 3 urged Geraint 1 to follow Peter and the Roman church with respect to the celebration of Easter and the Roman method of tonsure. 15 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (pp. 483-4) Ecclesiasts (Anonymi 1995) in Geraint 1's kingdom did not observe Easter according to Roman practice. 16 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (pp. 482-3) Certain ecclesiasts (Anonymi 1995) did not observe the Petrine tonsure. 17 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (p. 482) Geraint 1's bishops (Anonymi 1993) were in disagreement about the practice of the Catholic faith. 18 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (p. 481) The whole episcopal council (Anonymi 1994) instructed Aldhelm 3 to write to Geraint 1. 19 Event Aldhelm.Ep  4 (p. 481) Aldhelm 3 attended an episcopal council in the presence of bishops from almost all of Britain (Anonymi 1994). 20 Event Aldhelm.Ep  3 Aldhelm 3 counselled Wihtfrith 1 about his proposed study trip to Ireland.