Warner or Garnier (
fl. 1106), was an English writer of homilies, and a monk of
Westminster
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.
He was present at the translation of the relics of
St. Withburga, 1106.
[Liber Eliensis, ed. D. J. Stewart, p. 296] He is called 'homeliarius,' and dedicated a volume of homilies to his abbot,
Gilbert Crispin
Gilbert Crispin ( 1055 – 1117) was a Christian author and Anglo-Norman monk, appointed by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1085 to be the abbot, proctor and servant of Westminster Abbey, England. Gilbert became the third Norman Abbot of Westminster to b ...
. This work is lost. His writings have sometimes been confused with those of the celebrated
Werner Rolewinck Werner Rolevinck (1425–1502) was a Carthusian monk and historian who wrote about 50 titles. He was born near Laer, Westphalia, the son of a wealthy farmer. In 1447 he entered Cologne Charterhouse, where he later died. His most famous work was his ...
, who wrote in the fourteenth century.
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