Eigil of Fulda
Abbot of Fulda
b. 750 · d. 822
Eigil was the fourth abbot of Fulda. He was the nephew and biographer of the abbey's founder and first abbot Saint Sturm. We know about Eigil primarily from the Latin Life that the monk and teacher of Fulda, Candidus Bruun composed about him after his death.
Related people
- Saint Sturm disciple of · traditional
- Rabanus Maurus teacher of · traditional
Places
- Bavaria birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.