Nennius
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Nennius was a male monk, historian, and writer who lived from 0800 to 0900. He is described in sources such as The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. His notable work is the Historia Brittonum. He wrote in Old English, Old Welsh, and medieval Latin.
Open Library lists him as an author with 27 works. Top works include Lore of the Kinsfolk : Book I, History of the Britons- Historia Brittonum, and Six old English chronicles, of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin originals. Other listed titles are Works of Gildas and Nennius, translated by J. A. Giles. Europeana Sparql records six works by him.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Lore of the Kinsfolk : Book I
- History of the Britons- Historia Brittonum
- History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)
- Six old English chronicles, of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin originals
- Works of Gildas and Nennius, Tr. by J. A. Giles
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 99
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- medieval Latin
- Notable work
- Historia Brittonum
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 0800-01-01
- date of death
- 0900-01-01
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- name in native language
- Nennius
- floruit
- 0900-00-00
- writing language
- medieval Latin
- P12749
- Franz Oppenheimer
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Nennius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Authorship of the ''Historia Brittonum''
- Debate regarding his life and works
- Associated historians and authors
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|St. Nennius by Harry Clarke Studios at St. Joseph's Carrickmacross
Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been credited with authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nennius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.