Aldhelm was a prominent churchman in Anglo-Saxon England. Born between 635 and 645, he died in 709. Although Latin was not his native tongue, he wrote poetry in that language, including a sequence of 100 riddles called Aenigmata, which Juster has translated (in verse).Was Latin anybody's native tongue in the Seventh Century?
Latin was the official language of the Byzantine Empire until 620. So, yes.
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