Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Hyglac was an eighth century Catholic saint from Anglo-Saxon England.Very little is known of the life of this saint and he is known to history through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. However, he is best known through a letter from an anchorite Alchfrid (also known as Alcheriðus). In the letter, Hyglac is a lector of an unknown monastery in Northumbria (possibly York). The letter, an exhortation to live a Godly Life, appears to be text borrowed from the different sermons of various priests. It is preserved in a collection of letters of Alcuin.Hyglac was possibly a teacher of Aediluulf, and was possibly a student of Alcuin.His name derives from the Old German word for Courage and the archaic suffix, -lac meaning to carry on an action, indicates he was Anglo Saxon.. }
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- Saint_Hyglac abstract "Hyglac was an eighth century Catholic saint from Anglo-Saxon England.Very little is known of the life of this saint and he is known to history through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. However, he is best known through a letter from an anchorite Alchfrid (also known as Alcheriðus). In the letter, Hyglac is a lector of an unknown monastery in Northumbria (possibly York). The letter, an exhortation to live a Godly Life, appears to be text borrowed from the different sermons of various priests. It is preserved in a collection of letters of Alcuin.Hyglac was possibly a teacher of Aediluulf, and was possibly a student of Alcuin.His name derives from the Old German word for Courage and the archaic suffix, -lac meaning to carry on an action, indicates he was Anglo Saxon.".