Ekkehard I, Dean of St. Gall d. 973
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- Name:
- Ekkehard I, Dean of St. Gall d. 973
- Alt names:
- Ekkehardus, I, Dean of St. Gall
Ekkehardus,, Sangellensis, I
- Field of activity:
- Monk
Epic Poet
- Notes:
- Wikipedia: "Ekkehard I (died 14 January 973), called Major (the Elder),
was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He was of noble birth, of the Jonschwyl family in
Toggenburg, and was educated in the monastery of St. Gall
after joining the Benedictine
Order, he was appointed director of the inner school there. ...... He was also distinguished
as a poet, and wrote a Latin epic "Waltharius", basing his version on an original German
text. He dedicated this poem to Bishop Erkanbald of Strasburg (965-991). It describes the
elopement of Walter of Aquitaine with the Burgundian princess Hildegunde, from the land of
the Huns, followed by the battle of Wasgenstein between Walter and the followers of Gunther
and Hagen (ed. Peiper, Berlin, 1873)...
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