Almighty God, who in a rude and barbarous age didst raise up thy deacon Alcuin to rekindle the light of learning: Illumine our minds, we pray thee, that amid the uncertainties and confusions of our own time we may show forth thine eternal truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
English scholar, clergyman and teacher Alcuin of York died on May 19, 804. Alcuin produced the epitaph for his own gravestone at St. Martin's Church, Tours, which reads “My name was Alchuine, and wisdom was always dear to me.” https://t.co/cb15Pj44aI pic.twitter.com/HUnAxptRD9
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