Ealred Ailred, or Ethelred, an English historian and theologian, born in 1104, died June 12, 1166. He was educated at the Scottish court, entered the Cistercian order, and became abbot of Revesby in Lincolnshire, and afterward of Rievaulx in Yorkshire. His extraordinary sanctity is said to have been attested by miracles both before and after his death. His numerous works (in Latin) include a life of Edward the Confessor, an account of the battle of the Standard, and other historical pieces, published by Sir Roger Twysden in Historiae Anglicanae Scripitores decern (2 vols, fob, 1652); " Mirror of Divine Love," "Mirror of Charity," ■ sermons, etc, partly published at Douai in 1631, and in several collections.