Walafrid Strabo

Walafrid, alternatively spelt Walahfrid, nicknamed Strabo (or Strabus, i.e. "squint-eyed") (c. 808 – 18 August 849), was an Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer who lived on Reichenau Island in southern Germany.

Strabo
Еngraving of Strabo by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg, 1493
Bornc. 808
Swabia
Died18 August 849
Reichenau
Occupations
  • Benedictine monk
  • theological writer
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