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Aelred of Rievaulx

1110 - 1167

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Aelred of Rievaulx (Latin: Aelredus Riaevallensis), also known as also Ailred, Ælred, or Æthelred; (1110 – 12 January 1167) was an English Cistercian monk and writer who served as Abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 until his death. He is venerated by the Catholic Church as a saint and by some Anglicans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aelred of Rievaulx is the 2,878th most popular writer (down from 2,418th in 2019), the 2,380th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,789th in 2019) and the 264th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 2,878 out of 7,302. Before him are Hilaire Belloc, Wolfgang Iser, John Ashbery, Samad Vurgun, Yevgeny Baratynsky, and Gasparo Contarini. After him are Angela Carter, Josef Škvorecký, Alexander Imich, Sæmundr fróði, Stefan Heym, and Lucía Sánchez Saornil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1110, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 23. Before him are Rostislav I of Kiev, Abraham ibn Daud, Bertha of Sulzbach, Boril of Bulgaria, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, and Henry II, Duke of Limburg. After him are Plato Tiburtinus, and Alice of Antioch. Among people deceased in 1167, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 7. Before him are Empress Matilda, Abraham ibn Ezra, Charles VII of Sweden, Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, Rostislav I of Kiev, and Henry II, Duke of Limburg. After him is Rainald of Dassel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 2,380 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Lydekker (1849), Alan Stacey (1933), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Raymond Williams (1921), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), and Emma Darwin (1808). After him are Angela Carter (1940), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Carlo Acutis (1991), T. H. Marshall (1893), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), and Cuthbert (635).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Aelred of Rievaulx ranks 264. Before him are Taliesin (518), Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), John Evelyn (1620), and Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810). After him are Angela Carter (1940), Michael Bond (1926), Vera Brittain (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), and Tom Sharpe (1928).

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