Epitaphium Caidoci
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8 st.
beg. Mole sub hac tegitur Caidocus iure sacerdos
Angilbert
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Angilbert
(d. 814)
Frankish churchman and poet, who was a prominent figure at Charlemagne’s court and became abbot of the monastery of Centulum (Saint Riquier, Picardy).
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A Latin epitaph written for a priest (sacerdos) named Caidocus, who is said to have been born in Ireland and buried in Gaul (Scotia quem genuit Gallica terra tegit). It is found as an addition at the end of a collection of inscriptions that may have been copied at the monastery of Corbie and has been associated with Centulum (Saint-Riquier, Picardy). The signature at the end states that Angilbert, i.e. the Carolingian poet who was given the monastery of Centulum, was responsible for erecting the tomb and inscribing the poem on its surface. The Irishman in question is commonly identified as the one of the same name who appears in the lives of St Richarius of Saint-Riquier, one of which was written by Angilbert’s former teacher Alcuin.
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