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Helisachar
Helisachar (died between 837 and 840) was a churchman and statesman in the Carolingian Empire. He served as the chancellor of Aquitaine from 808 to 814 and archchancellor of the empire from 814 until 819. He remained an influential figure at court into the 830s and was entrusted with military responsibilities in 824 and 827. He was rewarded with multiple abbacies and composed an antiphonary. Life Helisachar was a Goth originally from Septimania. He may have begun his career as a notary. He is first recorded as the chancellor of King Louis the Pious of Aquitaine in April 808. When Louis succeeded his father as emperor in 814, Helisachar accompanied him to Aachen and became archchancellor of the empire, an office in which he continued until at least August 819. According to Amalarius, he was "first among the first" in Louis's palace. According to Ermold the Black, Louis granted Helisachar the abbey of Saint-Aubin in the summer of 818. Although he was a canon at the time, he was not a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Of Saint-Riquier
The abbey of Saint-Riquier was founded in 625 by Richarius (Riquier), son of the governor of the town of Centula (or ''Centulum''), which lay within the kingdom of Austrasia. The foundation was enriched by King Dagobert I and prospered under the abbacy of Angilbert, son-in-law of Charlemagne, in the early 9th century. In 881, Vikings burned the abbey and destroyed much of the town. The monastery was rebuilt in the Middle Ages on a smaller scale. The abbey was part of the diocese of Amiens in Ponthieu. The early Count of Ponthieu, counts of Ponthieu originally were styled ''advocatus'' of the abbey of Saint Riquier and castellan of Abbeville. The counts of Ponthieu enrolled their younger sons who were going into religious vocations at the abbey. Count Enguerrand I of Ponthieu, Enguerrand I placed his sons, Fulk, later abbot of Forest-l'Abbaye, and Guy Bishop of Amiens, Guy, later the bishop of Amiens, in Saint Riquier for their education. Their teacher was abbot Enguerrand the Wise ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
