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Vita Odae

Century: 12

Hagiography

Latin

Dioc. Cambrai
County of Hainault

INCIPIT

Proloog: Si poetas ineptarum atque anilium conjectores fabularum, qui veritatem nube mendacii obducentes..., -- Corpus: Sicut nocte media interlucentibus astris grata polus varietate depingitur, et umbrarum vellus horridum lucis...

EXPLICIT

...quamvis ligno portatum fragili. Ut igitur tandem absorpta morte in victoria, Deo placere cum illa mereamur in regione vivorum, confiteamur nomini sancto eius, et in laudem ipsius gloriemus, qui vivit et regnat per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Philippe de Harvengt, Philippus Harvengius

Sex: M- Bio: Born about 1100 in Harvengt, probably from modest descent. Already as a child he was entrusted to a bishop for his education, probably in Cambrai. He was prior of the abbey of Bonne-Espérance (OPraem) c.1130. A dispute with Bernard of Clairvaux forced his to move to another abbey (which is not exactly known). He returned after about two years (about 1151). At the end of 1156 or in 1157 he became the abbot, and at the end of 1182 he resigned from his functions as an abbot and died in april 1183.-Status author (order, function): Premonstratensian Canons (OPraem)

EDITING

Location:Bonne-Espérance - Date:after the death of Oda (20 april 1158) and before the death of abbot Odo (at the latest in 1159) - Commission: /

SIZE

6219 woorden

CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Oda, daughter of knight Wibert, lived in the neighbourhood of Bonne Espérance abbey. Oda told abbot Odo about her intentions to enter the monastery. The latter informed Oda's parents, who were upset. Her parents secretly arranged a marriage. Oda discovered the plan, cut off her nose and threatened with further self-mutilations. Finally the bridegroom lost interest and Oda could enter the monastery.

SOURCES

Boëthius, Consolatio philosophiae (Boetius, Consolatio. -- De auteur kende de beschreven heilige persoonlijk)
Ovidius, Metamorphosen (Ovidius, Metamorphoses)

INFLUENCE

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TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Apr., II (1675) 773-780 (Link)
CHAMART (N.), ed. D. Philippi abbatis Bonae-Spei opera (Paris/Douai, 1621) 779-787
MIGNE (J.-P.), Patrologia latina, CCIII (Paris, 1855) 1359-1374 (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link)

LITERATURE

BACKMUND (N.), Die mittelalterlichen Geschichtsschreiber des Prämonstratenserordens (Averbode, 1972) 206-209
BERLIÈRE (U.), 'Philippe de Harvengt, abbé de Bonne-Espérance. VI. Ecrits hagiographiques, poésies, ouvrages supposés',Revue Bénédictine, 9 (1892) 24-31, 69-77, 130-136
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 6262
Catholicisme 11 (R. Darricau, 1986) 186-187
Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique, 12/1 (E. Mikkers, 1984) 1297-1302
Index scriptorum III/2, 183-184
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi, 3:1 (Bruxelles, 1979) 133
Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche VIII (T. Gerits, 1963) 450
Monasticon belge, I (Bruges and Liège: Abbaye de Maredsous, 1890-1993) 395-396
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 11 (J.C. Willke, 1967) 275
POTTHAST (A.), Repertorium Fontium Historiae Medii Aevi, IX (Roma, 1962-) 208-209
ROBERTSON (L.), ‘Philip of Harvengt's Life of the Blessed Virgin Oda’, in: Journal of Medieval History 36 (2010) 55-71
SIJEN (G.P.), 'Les oeuvres de Philippe de Harveng, abbé de Bonne Espérance', Analecta Praemonstratensia, 15 (1939) 129-66
SIJEN (G.P.), 'Philippe de Harveng, abbé de Bonne Espérance. Sa biographie', Analecta Praemonstratensia, 14 (1938) 38-52
VAN DER STRAETEN (J.), 'Sainte Ode, patronne de Saint-Oedenrode', in: Analecta bollandiana, 76 (1958) 65-117
VERMEULEN (H.), 'Nog iets over Sint-Oedenrode', in: Ons Geestelijk Erf, 8 (1934) 294-301
WATTENBACH (W.), Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter bis zum Mitte des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts, 2 (Berlin, 1893-1894) 267
WEYNS (N.J.), 'Filips van Harveng', in: Nieuw Biografisch Woordenboek, 4 (1970) 329-340

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Contributor:
Martine De Reu

Update:
2011-05-11 16:44:07