Walafrid Strabo Summary

Walahfrid Strabo c. 808-849 Swabian scholar whose Liber de cultura hortorum describes a number of herbs and medicinal plants and their healing properties. A Benedictine monk, he served as tutor to Hol... Read more

Walahfrid Strabo--the second part of his name means "the squinter"--was born in Swabia in poor circumstances and educated at the monastery of the Reichenau on Lake Constance, which he remembered fondl... Read more