Gesta Pontificum Anglorum
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The Gesta Pontificum Anglorum, originally known as De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum and sometimes anglicized as The History or The Chronicle of the English Bishops, is an ecclesiastical history of Englan
Author William of Malmesbury in stained glass
Malmesbury Abbey
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Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a former Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English religious houses with a continuous history f
Gesta Pontificum Anglorum
…Lichfield/Coventry, Dorchester/Lincoln and Ely. More familiar territory to William than Northumbria, he describes nineteen monasteries. The history of Malmesbury Abbey, to which William belonged, and the life of its founding Abbot, St Aldhelm. The History of the English Bishops, in the manner of many chroniclers…
The main entrance (the south porch) seen from the churchyard, showing the truncated extent of the Abbey at left
Sculpture in the south porch
The remaining part of the nave of Malmesbury Abbey, blocked off to the west, currently used as the parish church
The current organ, dating from 1984