Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 History & biography Historians, various biographies

Asser, Giovanni

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Also known as: Asser of Sherborne; Latin: Asserius Menevensis

ASSER, GIOVANNI. - English historiographer, b. in the country of Wales, at Menevia, d. in 909, was raised in the monastery of St. David. He lived for some time at the court of King Alfred. Before 900 he became bishop of Sherborne. He wrote Annales rerum gestarum Aelfredi magni.

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BIBL.: J. Mabillon, Acta SS. O. S. B., VII, Venice 1738, pp. 237-38; A. Potthast, Bibl. Hist. Medii Aevi, I, Berlin 1896, pp. 122-23.

Emma Santovito

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By Emma Santovito

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 162.

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Santovito, Emma. “Asser, giovanni.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 162. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/asser-giovanni.

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Santovito, Emma. “Asser, giovanni.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 162. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/asser-giovanni.

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@incollection{ec2_asser_giovanni,
  author    = {Santovito, Emma},
  title     = {Asser, giovanni},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {162},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/asser-giovanni}
}

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