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Nennius

800 - 900

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Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work. This attribution is widely considered a secondary (10th-century) tradition. Nennius was a student of Elvodugus, commonly identified with the bishop Elfodd of Bangor who convinced British ecclesiastics to accept the Continental dating for Easter, and who died in 809 according to the Annales Cambriae. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nennius is the 2,298th most popular writer (up from 2,341st in 2019). (up from 1,692nd in 2019)

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Among writers, Nennius ranks 2,298 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Du Chaillu, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Gurju Khatun, Camilla Collett, Constantine Manasses, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. After him are Jaan Kaplinski, Olga Rozanova, Sholem Schwarzbard, Mak Dizdar, Stefania Wilczyńska, and Winston Groom.

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Among people born in 800, Nennius ranks 36. Before him are Mauregatus of Asturias, Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Andal, Maria, wife of Constantine V, Thyra, and Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin. After him are Aznar Galíndez I, Alkmund of Derby, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Toktu of Bulgaria, Sabin of Bulgaria, and Jayavarman III. Among people deceased in 900, Nennius ranks 8. Before him are Zwentibold, Ono no Komachi, Donald II of Scotland, Almış, Andal, and Leo the Mathematician. After him are Björn at Haugi, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Prosigoj, Cynewulf, and Dicuil.

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