[Vox populi, vox Dei.]
Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne
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Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne - Alcuin | WIST Quotations
The voice of the people is the voice of God. [Vox populi, vox Dei.] Collected as Epistle 166, "Capitula quę tali convenit in tempore memorari," sec. 9 in various collections. (The epistle number varies.) Alcuin did not actually invent the phrase -- though his use of it is one of…
