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==Life== Born in northern France, about 840{{sfn|Manitius|1911|p=588}}{{sfn|Raby|1934|p=249}}{{sfn|Weakland|1956|p=68}} or 850,{{sfn|Chartier|2001|loc="Introduction"}} Hucbald studied at Elnone Abbey (later named [[Saint-Amand Abbey]], after its 7th-century founder) where his uncle Milo was chief master of studies (''scholasticus''), in the diocese of [[Doornik]].{{sfn|''Britannica''|2021}} He made rapid progress in the sciences of the ''[[quadrivium]]'', including that of practical music, and, according to a laudatory 11th-century biographical account, at an early age composed a [[hymn]] in honour of [[St Andrew]], which met with such success as to excite the jealousy of his uncle.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} It is said that Hucbald in consequence was compelled to leave Saint-Amand{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and to seek protection from the bishop of [[Nevers]]. He was also a companion of studies of such future masters as [[Remigius of Auxerre]] and [[Heiric of Auxerre]], perhaps as a disciple of the court philosopher [[Johannes Scottus Eriugena]]. In 872 he was back again at Saint-Amand as the successor in the headmastership of the monastery school of his uncle, to whom he would have been presumably reconciled. Between 883 and 900 Hucbald went on several missions to reform and reconstruct schools of music damaged or destroyed by the [[Normans|Norman]], including those of [[St. Bertin]] and [[Reims|Rheims]]. In 900, however, he returned to Saint-Amand, where he remained until his death on 20 June 930.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
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