From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
Aldhelm (c. 640-709). English saint. He succeeded Maildulf as abbot at Malmesbury about 676, was made bishop of Sherborne in 705, and died May 25, 709. His writings include the famous riddles in Latin, hexameters embodied in a treatise on Latin prosody, verses, and a treatise addressed to the nuns of Barking.