The Personality of Amalarius
Allen Cabaniss
The first fleeting glimpse we have of the shadowy figure Amalarius is one him as a youth in city Tours at monastic school Saint Martin under careful tuition Alcuin, most learned teacher Carolingian realm. last hear him, many years later, bitter remark that by his words and books he had infected corrupted almost all churches within beyond France writings should been destroyed after death. Both date place beginning end life are unknown, even full name uncertain—some called Fortunatas; others, Symphosius Amalarius. Yet this man, whom J.-K. Huysmans “the ancient liturgists,” played vital role busy half ninth century.
Church History