Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: '' unknown - might be malmesbury '' - title: abbot of athelney - see: athelney - consecration: '' c. '' 892 - death date: '' c '' . 904 - birth date: '' unknown '' - appointed: '' unknown '' - name: iohannes -lrb- john the old saxon -rrb- - ended: '' c '' . 904 - birth place: '' unknown - apparently in old saxony '' - religion: catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john the old saxon .
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john the old saxon -lrb- active c. 885 -- 904 -rrb- , 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 welshman 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 '' .