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Aldhelm
Aldhelm was an Anglo-Saxon scholar, poet and churchman, abbot of Malmesbury and from 705 the first bishop of Sherborne. Writing in an elaborate Latin style, he produced riddles, verse and a treatise on virginity, and he urged King Geraint of Dumnonia to adopt the Roman reckoning of Easter. He is regarded as the first major Anglo-Latin writer.
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