Alfred
, an English bishop, flourished in the 10th
century. He was a monk of the order of St. Bennet, in
the monastery of Malmesbury, and afterwards preferred to
the see of Exeter. He was one of the most learned men
of his time, and wrote: 1. A treatise “De Naturis Rerum;” 2. The “Life of Adelmus;” and, 3. “The History of his own Abbey.” He is said to have been very intimate with St. Dunstan. 2
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