Geoffreyof Monmouth

Geoffrey of Monmouth, an ecclesiastic who flourished in the first half of the 12th century, dying as Bishop of St. Asaph in 1154. He is the author of the Chronicon sive Historia Britonum, the two other works attributed to him being spurious. He professes to have translated this curious record from the Breton, but there can be no doubt that this statement is false. The book is compiled from Gildas, Nennius, Virgil, and other early authors, with a number of current legends thrown in, the whole being dressed up by a vivid and unscrupulous imagination.