Alcuin
Proper noun
Meaning
Alcuin
Alcuin, a Northumbrian clergyman and scholar
Anagrams
Examples
Alcuin my name, wisdom I always loved, Pray, reader, for my soul.
Alcuin transmitted to the Franks the knowledge of Latin culture which had existed in Anglo-Saxon England.
Alcuin soon found himself on intimate terms with Charlemagne and the other men at court, where pupils and masters were known by affectionate and jesting nicknames. citation Alcuin himself was known as 'Albinus' or 'Flaccus'.
Alcuin of York oversaw efforts to make an improved Vulgate, which he presented to Charlemagne in 801; although he concentrated mainly on correcting inconsistencies of grammar and orthography, many of which were in the original text.
Alcuin trained the numerous monks of the abbey in piety, and it was in the midst of these pursuits that he died.
A more skeptical attitude toward Alcuin's authorship of this text and others is taken by Michael Gorman, "Alcuin Before Migne," Revue bénédictine 112 (2002); 101–130.