ERIUGENA
John Eriugena did his best
to sacred unity restore,
Soul rent by Rome’s unfought conquest,
brought hither from a foreign shore
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He taught of One embracing all;
Plato-
before the people’s creed,
dragged here with slaves, the isle enthralled,
by empire’s glamour, ruler’s need
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He was a sage, this Irishman,
and though before a cross did kneel,
Pythagorean wisdom ran,
with druid’s truth, through him revealed
Another person I don’t know. Amazing how much there is to learn!
I’ve not heard of him but will now look him up, thanks Ross!