Simon de Freine
Simund de Freine (Simon de Fresne) (fl. 1200) was an Anglo-Norman cleric and poet. He was a canon of Hereford Cathedral and a friend of Giraldus Cambrensis.
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Simon de Freine
- Born
- 1140
- Died
- 1210
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Known for
- Le roman de Philosophie · La vida de Sant Honorat · Pro Giraldo adversus Adamum cisterciensis ordinis monachum et abbatum Dorensem · Letters
- Languages
- Old French · Anglo-Norman
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Simund de Freine (Simon de Fresne) (fl. 1200) was an Anglo-Norman cleric and poet. He was a canon of Hereford Cathedral and a friend of Giraldus Cambrensis.
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Simund's major works were two long poems in Norman French, in heptasyllabic verse, each identified by acrostics: • De la Fortune, an adaptation of the De Consolatio Philosophiæ by Boethius, 1700 lines. • La vie de Saint Georges. He addressed two epigrams to Giraldus Cambrensis, defending him against detractors, such as Adam of Dore. Simund's patron is thought to be William de Vere.
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- 1.Simon du Fresne. 52.
- 2.Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn. Freine, Simund de.
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- John E. Matzke (1909), Les oeuvres de Simund de Freine
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