Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house committed to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of only a handful couple of English houses with a persistent history from the seventh century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In the later seventh century, the site of the Abbey was picked via Maildubh, an Irish priest who set up a withdrawal, showing nearby kids. At an incredible finish, the region was vanquished by the Saxons.

Malmesbury Abbey was established as a Benedictine cloister around 676 by the researcher writer Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ine of Wessex. The town of Malmesbury became round the growing Abbey and under Alfred the Great was made a burh, with an evaluation of 12 covers up. In AD 941, King Aethelstan was covered in the Abbey. Aethelstan had passed on in Gloucester in October 939. The decision of Malmesbury over the New Minster in Winchester showed that the ruler remained an outcast toward the West Saxon court.

A mint was established at the Abbey around this time. The Abbey built up a renowned notoriety for scholastic learning under the manage of abbots, for example, Aldhelm, John Scotus Eriugena, Alfred of Malmesbury and Aelfric of Eynsham. By the eleventh century it contained the second biggest library in Europe and was viewed as one of the main European seats of learning.