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Alcuin
Alcuinus la
8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
- Dated c. 740 CE – 19 May 804 CE
- Recognised as Blessed
- Also called Flaccus Albinus, Alcuinus, Alhwin
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Belonged to
Offices held 2
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796 CE – 19 May 804 CE abbot - 796 CE – 803 CE abbot of Flavigny Abbey
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Studied under 2
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