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Alcuin
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Alcuin of York (; ; 735 – 19 May 804), also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s. Before that, he was also a court chancellor in Aachen. "The most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Einhard's Life of Charlemagne (–833), he is considered among the most important intellectual archit
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Alcuin (740–804) was a male theologian, poet, writer, and philosopher from the Kingdom of Northumbria. Born in York, he was educated at St Peter's School and studied under Ecgbert. He served as an abbot within the Benedictine religious order and was a member of the Catholic Church. His native names included Ealhwine, Alhwin, Alcuinus, and Albinus. He spoke medieval Latin, Old English, and Latin, and wrote in medieval Latin.
Alcuin was sponsored by Charlemagne and taught students including Haymo of Halberstadt and Hilduin. He died in Tours on May 19, 804, which is also his feast day. He holds the canonization status of blessed. His works include *B. Flacci Albini, sive Alchvvini Opera quae hactenus reperiri potuerunt*, *Akluin de virtutibus et vitiis*, and *Gammel Norsk homiliebog*.
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- Alcuin of York
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- Deacon of the Catholic Church
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- York, Northumbria
- Academic.death_place
- Tours, Francia
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- A Carolingian manuscript, . Rabanus Maurus (left), with Alcuin (middle), dedicating his work to Archbishop Otgar of Mainz (right)
- Academic.death_date
- 19 May 804 (aged around 69)
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- Ecgbert of York
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- Alcuin of York
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- 20 May
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- Painting subtitled (), Tyrol, early 16th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Place of birth
- York
- Place of death
- Tours
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Educated at
- St Peter's School
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Raban-Maur Alcuin Otgar.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- Alcuin
- date of birth
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- date of death
- 0804-01-01
- name in native language
- Ealhwine
- canonization status
- blessed
- sponsor
- Charlemagne
- student
- Hilduin
- feast day
- May 19
- writing language
- medieval Latin
- P8168
- Bad Grund
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P13311
- AC Milan
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Works in European collections
26 objects attributed to Alcuin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina, Manoscritti, ms.169
Theologische Sammelhandschrift
De fide sanctae trinitatis
De virtutibus et vitiis (fragment)
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina, Manoscritti, ms.169
Linz, AT-OOeLB, Hs.-422 (Vitae sanctorum, saec. XIII)
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[Vidas de São Martinho de Tours e de São Brício].
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25 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Background
- York
- Charlemagne
- Return to Northumbria and back to Francia
- Tours and death
- Scholarly and literary output
- Mathematician
- Theologian
- Liturgist
- Literary influence
- Perceived homoeroticism
- Legacy
- Selected works
- Poetry
- Letters
- Didactic works
- Theology
- Hagiography
- See also
- Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Alcuin of York (; ; 735 – 19 May 804), also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s. Before that, he was also a court chancellor in Aachen. "The most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Einhard's Life of Charlemagne (–833), he is considered among the most important intellectual architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era.
Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. In 796, he was made abbot of Marmoutier Abbey, in Tours, where he worked on perfecting the Carolingian minuscule script. He remained there until his death.
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