Aelred of Rievaulx, also known as also Ailred, Ælred, or Æthelred; 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.
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The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey on the River Rye in North Yorkshire.
Depiction of Saint Aelred (or Ailred; Latin: Sanctus Aelredus Riaevallensis), from St. John Cardinal Henry Newman's 1845 "Lives of the English Saints"
The "Integrity Window," dedicated to St. Aelred and the LGBTQ community, which is displayed at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Fargo, North Dakota.
Aelred's Life of Edward the Confessor, a late 12th-century illuminated manuscript in the British LibraryWriters born in the 1110s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1110 to 1167 · aged 57
Written about in
21 languages
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