Serlo of Wilton
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Serlo of Wilton 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; he died in 1181. His 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.
Walter Map
Walter Map was a medieval writer of works written in Latin. Only one work is attributed to Map with any certainty: De Nugis Curialium.-Life:...
and known to Gerald of Wales. He studied and taught at the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
. He became a Cluniac and then a Cistercian monk, and in 1171 he became abbot of L'Aumône; he died in 1181. His poems are in Latin, of which the most famous is "Linquo coax ranis
Linquo coax ranis
Linquo coax ranis are the first words of a two-line poem in internally rhymed hexameters by Serlo of Wilton. The complete text is:The legend was investigated by the French novelist and philologist Marcel Schwob in his pamphlet La légende de Serlon de Wilton ....
".
He is the subject of an 1899 essay by the French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
author Marcel Schwob
Marcel Schwob
Marcel Schwob was a Jewish French writer.-Biography:He was born in Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine on 23 August 1867...
, La légende de Serlon de Wilton.