. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. as a centre of early Saxon civilization, and maybe considered as a parent of religion and literature in the Westof England. It was here that Maildulf established a school inthe early part of the 7th century, and this school had the honourof educating St. Aldhelm, who is described by his contemporary,the Ven. Bede, as a man most learned in all respects, and whosename is one of the most distinguished in the early ecclesiasticalliterature of England. He afterwards became the first Bishop ofSherborne, 705, and in later
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. as a centre of early Saxon civilization, and maybe considered as a parent of religion and literature in the Westof England. It was here that Maildulf established a school inthe early part of the 7th century, and this school had the honourof educating St. Aldhelm, who is described by his contemporary,the Ven. Bede, as a man most learned in all respects, and whosename is one of the most distinguished in the early ecclesiasticalliterature of England. He afterwards became the first Bishop ofSherborne, 705, and in later life returned to Malmesbury asthe first Abbot of the Monastery, which he had founded there. In937 King Athelstan adopted Aldhelm as his patron Saint, andrebuilt his monastery from the ground, enriching it with largegrants of lands, and at his death was buried within its sacredwalls. To this church the sculptures in the porch probably know that even in those early times churches were decoratedwith carvings and pictures, for in the 7th century Benedict Biscop. J \ rtransactionsofbr16bris
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