Cynewulf
Cynewulf was an Anglo - Saxon poet who lived during the 8th century or 9th centuries. He is thought to have been a Northumbrian monk and is the undoubted author of ` Juliana´ and part of the `Christ´ in the Exeter Book (a collection of poems now in Exeter Cathedral, England), and of the `Fates of the Apostles´ and `Elene´ in the Vercelli Book (a collection of Old English manuscripts housed in Vercelli, northern Italy), in all of which he inserted his name by using runic acrostics.
`Elene´ describes the legendary finding of the True Cross by the empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. The `Christ´ poem describes the Ascension and is the second part of a three - part work entitled `Christ´ about the Incarnation, Ascension, and Last Judgement, commonly held to be the work of three different authors.
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