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People: Hugo van der Goes
Topic: Visigothic Raids on the Roman Empire, Early

Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk born …

Years: 822 - 822

Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk born of noble parents in Mainz, had in 822 become abbot of the Monastery at Fulda.

The author of the encyclopaedia On the Nature of Things, he has also written treatises on education and grammar and commentaries on the Bible; he will be remembered as one of the most prominent teachers and writers of the Carolingian age.