Editing Asser (section)

==Other works and date of death==
In addition to the ''Life of King Alfred'', Asser is credited by Alfred as one of several scholars who assisted with Alfred's translation of [[Pope Gregory I]]'s ''Regula Pastoralis'' (''[[Pastoral Care]]''). The historian [[William of Malmesbury]], writing in the 12th century, believed that Asser also assisted Alfred with his translation of [[Boethius]].<ref name=Abels11>Abels, ''Alfred the Great'', p. 11.</ref>

The ''[[Annales Cambriae]],'' a set of Welsh annals that were probably kept at St David's, records Asser's death in the year 908. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' records the following entry as part of the entry for 909 or 910 (in different versions of the chronicle): "Here Frithustan succeeded to the bishopric in [[Winchester]], and after that Asser, who was bishop at Sherborne, departed."<ref name=Swanton>{{Cite book|last= Swanton|first= Michael|title= The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle|pages=94–95|year= 1996|publisher= Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-92129-9}}</ref> The year given by the chronicle was uncertain, because different chroniclers started the new year at different calendar dates, and Asser's date of death is generally given as 908/909.<ref name=KL />