Eigil of Fulda
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Eigil of Fulda
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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. Eigil's parents, who were nobles of Norica, sent him to the abbey of Fulda for his education. Sturm died in 779 and was succeeded by Baugulf. The next abbot, Ratgar, with his excessive severity, caused deep divisions in the monastery. In 811
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