About Serlo of Wilton
Lived 1105 – 1181 (aged 75–76). Serlo of Wilton was an English poet and writer.
Serlo of Wilton ( 1105–1181) was a 12th-century English poet, a friend of Walter Map and known to Gerald of Wales. He studied and taught at the University of Paris. He became a Cluniac and then a Cistercian monk, and in 1171 he became abbot of L'Aumône Abbey, a Cistercian monastery between Chartres and Blois. He died in 1181.
Serlo's poems are in Latin, of which the most famous is Linquo coax ranis.
He is the subject of an 1899 essay by the French author Marcel Schwob, La légende de Serlon de Wilton.
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Who was Serlo of Wilton?
medieval English poet
When was Serlo of Wilton born?
Serlo of Wilton was born in 1105 in Wilton.
When did Serlo of Wilton die?
Serlo of Wilton died in 1181 in L'Aumône Abbey.
What was Serlo of Wilton's occupation?
Serlo of Wilton was a poet and writer.
What nationality was Serlo of Wilton?
Serlo of Wilton was English.
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