Clement of the Paris Schools
Feast day: March 20
Died 826.
A monk of Saint Gall, Switzerland, possibly Notker Balbulus, reports that Irish Saint Clement came with Albinus to France and announced in the market that they had learning for sale at a time when classical learning was all but forgotten in the West. Their price: food and shelter and pupils. Upon hearing this, Blessed Emperor Charlemagne, who held "the Irish in special esteem" according to Einhard, engaged their services. Albinus was sent to Pavia to head the monastery of Saint Augustine, while he established Clement in his Paris School. There Clement became one of the most famous scholars of the Carolingian court. He succeeded Blessed Alcuin as the head of the Paris Schools when the latter retired to the monastery at Tours. Among those influenced by him was the future emperor, Lothair, who was noted for his interest in the schools of Italy
Feast day: March 20
Died 826.
A monk of Saint Gall, Switzerland, possibly Notker Balbulus, reports that Irish Saint Clement came with Albinus to France and announced in the market that they had learning for sale at a time when classical learning was all but forgotten in the West. Their price: food and shelter and pupils. Upon hearing this, Blessed Emperor Charlemagne, who held "the Irish in special esteem" according to Einhard, engaged their services. Albinus was sent to Pavia to head the monastery of Saint Augustine, while he established Clement in his Paris School. There Clement became one of the most famous scholars of the Carolingian court. He succeeded Blessed Alcuin as the head of the Paris Schools when the latter retired to the monastery at Tours. Among those influenced by him was the future emperor, Lothair, who was noted for his interest in the schools of Italy
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