Is the 12th century priest, Gerald of Wales, the same person as the 12th century monk, Gerald of Canterbury?I'm looking for the person...

Gerald of Wales (1146?-1123?)
and Gerald of Canterbury are, indeed, one and the same
person. Gerald was born Gerald de Barri, of Norman and Welsh blood, and the son of a
powerful Welsh baron. (He is also known by the Welsh name Gerallt
Gymro and the Latin name Giraldus Cambrenesis). He was a
clergyman and writer. Gerald worked under the auspices of Richard of Dover, Archbishop
of Canterbury; thus, the reference to him as Gerald of Canterbury. Gerald wrote a series
of accounts of his journey to Ireland,
including

• Topographia
  Hibernica (1188)


• Expugnatio
  Hibernica


• Itinerarium
  Cambriae (1191)


• Descriptio
  Cambriae (1194).

Gerald is referred
to as "Gerald of Canterbury" in a discussion on the
Book of
Kells (see link below).

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Compare for example the following famous
description of an Hiberno Saxon Gospel manuscript, perhaps the Book of
Kells itself, written by the 12th century monk, Gerald of Canterbury
(Topographia Hiberniae
(1185).
 

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