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Aelred of Rievaulx, O Cist. (Latin: Aelredus Riaevallensis), also known as Ailred, Ælred, or Æthelred; (1110 – 1167) 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.
Aelred was born in Hexham, Northumbria, in 1110,[1] one of three sons of Eilaf, Priest of Saint Andrew’s at Hexham, himself a son of another Eilaf, Treasurer of Durham.[2]
Aelred’s early education was probably at the Cathedral School at Durham. He spent several years at the Court of King David I of Scotland in Roxburgh, possibly from the age of fourteen,[4] rising to the rank of “Echonomus”[5] (often translated “Steward” or “Master of the Household”).
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Aelred of Rievaulx, O Cist. (Latin: Aelredus Riaevallensis), also known as Ailred, Ælred, or Æthelred; (1110 – 1167) 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.
Aelred was born in Hexham, Northumbria, in 1110,[1] one of three sons of Eilaf, Priest of Saint Andrew’s at Hexham, himself a son of another Eilaf, Treasurer of Durham.[2]
In 1095, the Council of Claremont had forbidden the Ordination of the sons of Priests. This was done in part to end the inheritance of Benefices.[3] Aelred may have been partially educated by Lawrence of Durham, who sent him a hagiography of Saint Brigid.
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The life of Saint Aelred of Rievaulx.
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Aelred’s early education was probably at the Cathedral School at Durham. He spent several years at the Court of King David I of Scotland in Roxburgh, possibly from the age of fourteen,[4] rising to the rank of “Echonomus”[5] (often translated “Steward” or “Master of the Household”).
At some point during this period, Aelred became the target of personal harassment by a Knight of the King’s Court, which came to a head in the King’s presence and included a degrading sexual slur.[6]
Walter Daniel related this incident to demonstrate Aelred’s forgiveness of the Knight and his skill in conflict resolution, but around this time Aelred developed feelings of depression and alienation, and he left Court at the age of twenty-four (in 1134) to enter the Cistercian Abbey of Rievaulx, in Yorkshire.[7][8]
In 1138, when Rievaulx’s Patron, Walter Espec, was to surrender his Wark on Tweed Castle to King David of Scotland, Aelred reportedly accompanied Abbot William of Rievaulx to the Scottish border to negotiate the transfer.[9]
He saw that his reluctance to part from his friends at Court delayed his adopting his Monastic calling. For Aelred, the source and object of true friendship is Christ.[10]
In 1142, he travelled to Rome, alongside Walter of London, Archdeacon of York, to represent before Pope Innocent II the Northern Prelates who opposed the election of Henry de Sully, nephew of King Stephen, as Archbishop of York.
In 1142, he travelled to Rome, alongside Walter of London, Archdeacon of York, to represent before Pope Innocent II the Northern Prelates who opposed the election of Henry de Sully, nephew of King Stephen, as Archbishop of York.
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