Candidus (Wizo)
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For a contemporary, Candidus of Fulda, see Candidus of Fulda.
Candidus was the name given to the Anglo-Saxon Wizo by Alcuin, whose scholar he was and with whom he went in 782 to Gaul. At the palace school he was tutor to Gisla, the sister, and Rodtruda, the daughter of Charlemagne. When Alcuin went to Tours (796), Candidus was his successor as master of the palace school. Alcuin's esteem for Candidus is shown by his dedicating his commentary on Ecclesiastes to his friends Onias, Fredegisus, and Candidus.
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- John Marenbon, ‘Candidus (fl. 793–802)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 20 June 2007
This article incorporates text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article "Candidus" by John M. Lenhart, a publication now in the public domain.
