John the Old Saxon
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John the Old Saxon
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John the Old Saxon, also known as John of Saxony or Scotus, was a scholar and abbot of Athelney, probably born in Old Saxony. He was invited to England by King Alfred and contributed to Alfred's revival of English learning. In his Life of Alfred, the Welsh monk Asser reports that John "was a man of most acute intelligence, immensely learned in all fields of literary endeavour, and extremely ingenious in many other forms of expression".
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Scholar and abbot of Athelney
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2024-02-23T19:41:37Z
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