Cadac-Andreas

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Cadac-Andreas, irish scholor, fl. 798-814.

Cardac-Andreas was an Irish scholor at the court of Charlemange who roused the ire of Bishop Theodulphus for lenthy and pendatic approach to exegesis, which he apparently delighted in. A nameless court poet, possibly connected to Theodulphus, wrote further of him, scorning and parodying

his fascination with etymologies in the three sacred languages
pondering who was the first person to perform something in the Bible
pendatic, long-winded, interest in terminology

Theodulphus grew to destest Cadac-Andreas so much that he strongly urged Charlemange to have him dissmissed from court. Yet much to the frustration of Theodulphus, and no doubt others at court, Cadac was subsequently awarded a bishopric by the king.

Theodulphus, on the other hand, was later sent into exile by Louis the Pious.

Sources

"Hiberno-Latin Literature to 1169", Dáibhí Ó Crónín, "A New History of Ireland", volume one, 2005.
Theodulf und der Ire Cadac-Andreas, Bernhard Bischoff, Mittelalterliche Studien, three volumes, Stuttgart, 1966-81.

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