Henry of Appleford
O.S.B.
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
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was a
Abbot
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of
Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, m ...
monk and ruler of the
English
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county of
Berkshire from 1342 to 1361.
Originating from the village of
Appleford-on-Thames—20 miles north-west and also in Berkshire (now in
Oxfordshire) -- all that is otherwise known about him is that his death in 1361 was due to the
Black Death.
References
1361 deaths
Abbots of Reading
Benedictine abbots
14th-century English Roman Catholic priests
People from Vale of White Horse (district)
14th-century deaths from plague (disease)
Year of birth unknown
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