Abbo of Fleury

Title: Abbot

Alternate names/spellings: Floriacensis, Abbon

Dates: 945 - 1004 (Dates are approximate. ) 

Abbo of Fleury was a Benedictine monk. He was the Abbot of Fleury, near Orleans, France, but he was also active in England. He wrote in a wide variety of genres: Latin grammar, hagiography, sermons, philosophy, mathematics, and cosmology.

More information about Abbo can be found at the following sources:

• "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbo_of_Fleury
• "A biography of Abbo of Fleury by Elizabeth Dachowski":http://web.archive.org/web/20030423070003/www.wmich.edu/medieval/rawl/edmund/abbo.html
• "Catholic Encyclopedia":http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015b.htm