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Title: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 04, 2016, 10:42:04 PM Saint Alcuin of York (735-804) was educated in the cathedral school of York, and became a monk
and teacher there. At the court of Charlemagne, Alcuin wrote several theological and dogmatic treatises. He was made Abbot of Tours in 796. Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 02, 2017, 04:58:37 PM Alcuin was also called Ealhwine or Flaccus. He had many manuscripts copied using beautiful calligraphy.
Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: Shin on January 04, 2017, 10:18:38 AM St. Alcuin, pray for us!
What a fine thing it would be to see some of his works! Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 10, 2020, 09:06:12 PM Alcuin was not a priest. How could Charlemagne install him as the abbot of the monastery of St. Martin at Tours? Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: CyrilSebastian on April 13, 2021, 06:12:10 PM Saint Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: eschator83 on April 14, 2021, 11:21:49 AM Delaney's Dictionary says Charlemagne asked Alcuin to set up a school at the court in Aachen in 781, and it became one of the greatest European educational centers.
Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: CyrilSebastian on September 05, 2022, 06:54:55 PM Alcuin of York's ascendancy to the headship of the York school began after Aelbert became Archbishop of York in 767. Title: Re: Saint Alcuin of York Post by: CyrilSebastian on November 07, 2024, 07:25:20 PM In his Life of St. Willibrord, Alcuin writes that Wilgils, called a paterfamilias, had founded an oratory and church at the mouth of the Humber. |