Saint Alcuin of York

[CyrilSebastian]

           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.
   

[CyrilSebastian]

Alcuin was also called Ealhwine or Flaccus. He had many manuscripts copied using beautiful calligraphy.

[Shin]

St. Alcuin, pray for us!

What a fine thing it would be to see some of his works!

[CyrilSebastian]

Alcuin was not a priest. How could Charlemagne install him as the abbot of the monastery of St. Martin at Tours?

[CyrilSebastian]

Saint Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems.

[eschator83]

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.

[CyrilSebastian]

Alcuin of York's ascendancy to the headship of the York school began after Aelbert became Archbishop of York in 767.

[CyrilSebastian]

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.