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Rhabanus Maurus

776-856

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Born: 776, Mainz, Germany.

Died: February 4, 856, Winkel (on the Rhein River).

Rhabanus Maurus (776-856)

Maurus was educated in Tours, France, around 802. In 803, he became director of the Benedictine school at Fulda, Germany. He was ordained in 814 and went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He became  abbot at Fulda in 822, and served there two decades. In 847, he was appointed archbishop of Mainz.

Hymns:

  1. Christe, sanctorum decus angelorum, Auctor humani generisque rector
  2. Quod chorus vatum venerandus olim
  3. Tibi Christe, splendor Patris
  4. Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita