Ekkehard IV

Ekkehard IV (born 980?, Alsace [now in France]—died Oct. 21, 1069?, Sankt Gallen [now in Switzerland]) was a teacher, glossarist, writer, famous as one of the principal authors of Casus Sancti Galli (“The Events of Sankt Gallen [St. Gall]”)—an important history of the monastery. He grew up at Sankt Gallen, being educated by the celebrated German scholar Notker Labeo, Ekkehard I’s nephew. From sometime after 1022 until 1031 he was director and teacher of the...