Saint Alfred the Great
- Memorial
- 28 October
- Profile
- Youngest of five sons of King Ethelwulf of Wessex.
Ideal Christian king of Wessex who came to the throne during a Danish invasion.
Defeated the Danes and preserved the growth of the Church in England.
Patron of learning, he established a court school, invited British and foreign scholars to work there.
Personally translated several religious works into Anglo-Saxon.
His laws made no distinction between British and Welsh subjects, a first.
- Born
- 849 at Wantage, Berkshire, England
- Died
- 26 October 899 of natural causes
- Name Meaning
- elf counsel;
all peace;
supernaturally wise counselor
- Prayers
- ...in Celebration of God's Perfections
- Writings
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"The Consolation of Philosophy" of Boethius (translation)
"The History of the World" of Orosius (translation)
"Ecclesiastical History" of Bede (translation)
"Pastoral Rule" of Saint Gregory the Great (translation)
"Dialogues" of Saint Gregory the Great (translation)
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