Saint Hyglac

Hyglac was an eighth century Catholic saint^[1] from Anglo-Saxon England.

Hyglac
Residence	England

Very little is known of the life of this saint and he is known to history through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript.^[2] However, he is best known through a letter from an anchorite Alchfrid^[3] (also known as Alcheriðus). In the letter, Hyglac is a lector of an unknown monastery in Northumbria (possibly York^[4]). The letter, an exhortation to live a Godly Life,^[5] appears to be text borrowed from the different sermons of various priests.^[6] It is preserved in a collection of letters of Alcuin.^[7]

Hyglac was possibly a teacher of Aediluulf,^[8] and was possibly a student of Alcuin.

His name derives from the Old German word for Courage and the archaic suffix, -lac meaning to carry on an action,^[9] indicates he was Anglo Saxon.^[10]