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English scholar. Born in York, he went to
Rome in 780, and in 782 took up residence at
Charlemagne's court in Aachen. From 796 he
was abbot of Tours. He disseminated
Anglo-Saxon scholarship, organized education
and learning in the Frankish empire, gave a
strong impulse to the Carolingian
Renaissance, and was a prominent member of
Charlemagne's academy.