Today is the memorial of St. Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167). After spending some time in the court of King David I of Scotland, he became a Benedictine at Rievaulx Abbey, in modern day North Yorkshire. His most famous work is
On Spiritual Friendship,
which I discussed here.

By Alexander Penrose Forbes - The Historians of Scotland: The Lives of S. Ninian and S. Kentigern (frontispiece), Public Domain, Image Link
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