Alcuin of York (Latin: Alcuinus c. 735 – 19 May 804) also called Ealhwine Albinus or Flaccus was an English scholar ecclesiastic 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.
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birth date
0735-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Northumbria, York
death date
0804-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0804-05-19
LCCN Id
n/50/042175
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church
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