# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asser
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:03:40.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asser"
name: "Asser"
slug: "asser"
description: "Asser was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at Caerwent because of illness, Asser accepted."
tagline: "Welsh monk who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/2008-05-17-SuttonHoo_crop.jpg/330px-2008-05-17-SuttonHoo_crop.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "900"
deathDate: "909"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.77
  momentum:             10
  historical:           19.82081333333334
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%A1%9E%E7%88%BE"
    title: "阿塞爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "آسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Асър Шерборнски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "অ্যাসের"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biskop_Asser"
    title: "Biskop Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser_(moine)"
    title: "Asser (moine)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser_(monaco)"
    title: "Asser (monaco)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アッサー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asserius"
    title: "Asserius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser_(biograaf)"
    title: "Asser (biograaf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser_av_Sherborne"
    title: "Asser av Sherborne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Asser"
    title: "João Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ассер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser"
    title: "Asser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5"
    title: "Асерије"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser_(munk)"
    title: "Asser (munk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428905"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump