The life of Aelred of Rievaulx
By: by Walter Daniel ; translated from the Latin and annotated by F.M. Powicke ; introduction by Marsha Dutton
Contributors: Powicke, F. M. 1879-1963; Dutton, Marsha
Series: Cistercian Fathers series -- no. 57
Publisher: Cistercian Publications; Alban Books Limited
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Kalamazoo, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Aelred, -- of Rievaulx, Saint, -- 1110-1167; Christian saints -- England -- Biography
Other titles: Life of Aelred of Rievaulx and the letter to Maurice
Work titles: Vita Ailredi.
Description: Writing shortly after Aelred of Rievaulx died in 1167, Walter Daniel, his secretary and fellow monk, has created the picture of Aelred which endures to this day. We come to know a man of 'charity and astonishing sanctity', an ailing abbot whose monks sat chatting around his bed. Only in passing do we glimpse the ambitious young steward at the court of King David of Scotland, the ecclesiastical diplomat and political counselor who moved easily in royal and episcopal circles, or the canny property manager who guided his monasteries to prosperity. From Walter's pen we have a gentle, loving, ascetic abbot who offered spiritual guidance to his monks through conversation and to a wider audience through the treatises he composed, and who died a holy death. [Back cover].
Notes: Translation of: Vita Ailredi

Title from cover: The life of Aelred of Rievaulx & the letter to Maurice

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-172)