Epitaph of Ælfric, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1005) University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.ÆlfricC.Epit Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings Latin Poems Epitaph of Ælfric, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1005)
Presulis hic redolent Ælfrici lypsana summi, Qui rector patrie perstitit Angligene. Inter pontifices rutilans ceu mystica lampas, Defensor regni necne salus populi. Heu nostram fera mors extinxit nempe lucernam, Heu nostri cecidit fons quoque consilii. Hunc sexta decimaque kalendas namque Decembris, Assumpsit Michahel seu dedit Emanuhel.