Aelred of Rievaulx, Abbot
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Highlights St. Aelred's championship of friendship. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: St Ælred
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Cistercian abbot, called "the English St. Bernard," homilist, spiritual writer, d. 1166 or 1167. Variants on the saint's name include Ailred, Aethelred, and Ethelred.