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S116

Vita Landiberti episcopi Traiectensis auctore Stephano
Vita quarta Lamberti Leodiensis

Century: 10

Hagiography

Latin

Dioc. Liège
Kingdom of Lotharingia

INCIPIT

Domino patri Herimanno archypraesuli Stephanus... Cum cotidie aliorum explorari concertetur actio ac, si quid reprehensibile infuerit, maculare non differt probrosa intentio, detergenda penitus diffinitur merito culpata contagio, per quam et blasphemantium iam cesset chachinnalis derisio... Igitur gloriosus martyr Landebertus et aeterno Regi sacerdos dilectissimus...

EXPLICIT

Complevit autem sacratissimus pontifex Lantbertus et martyr Christi gloriossimus cursum sui agonis XV. KL. Octobris, regnante Deo vivo et vero in Trinitatis plenitudine et unitatis maiestate, cui extat laus et sanctorum iubilatio necnon et perpes gratiarum actio nunc et semper per immortalia saeculorum saecula. Amen. _ EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIO VITAE ET PASSIONIS BEATI LANTBERTI PONTIFICIS GLORIOSIQUE MARTYRIS ... Ea, inquit, etate claruit Lantbertus Tungrensis ecclesiae episcopus, qui dum regiam domum zelo religionis accensus increpasset, ab iniquissimo Dodone et aliis viris de palatio missis improvise conclusus intra domum ecclesiae in Leodio vico occiditur.

Etienne de Liège, Stefaan van Luik, Stephanus Leodiensis

Sex: M- Bio: Was born c.850 in the surroundings of Metz. He was a canon of Metz, abbot of Saint-Michel in Verdun and of Lobbes. He became bishop of Tongeren-Liège (901-920). He is the author of the 'Vita quarta Lamberti' (NaSo S116). According to Auda (1923), the 'Vita metrica Lamberti' is also written by Etienne de Liège (NaSo 2167), which is disputed by other researchers. Other works are adscribed to him, such as soms offices, a breviary and treatises. -Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)

EDITING

Location:Liège - Date:905-918 - Commission: /

SIZE

5116 woorden

CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Fourth biography of Saint-Lambert. Lambert originated from an aristocratic family of the Maastricht region. He was educated by bishop Theodardus of Maastricht and resided at the royal court for a while. After the murder of his mentor (shortly after 669), he was appointed bishop of Maastricht by Childeric II. With Childeric’s death (675), Lambert was banished and he lived in exile for seven years in the abbey of Stavelot. When Ebroin, the mayor of the palace of Neustria, was killed (682), Lambert could return to his seat under Pippin II. During his life, he played an important role as a missionary of Toxandria. Finally, he himself fell victim to murder in his villa in Liège (705/6) due to family disputes. It was in Liège that in 714 a church was dedicated to him and where his remains were sheltered. When the bishop’s seat was moved to Liège, it became closely attached to the cult of Saint Lambert. This fourth vita hardly deviates from the first one (NaSo 2165) (Kupper, 1984). The Vita is prededed by a dedication letter to Herman, archbishop of Cologne (890-924). The Vita itself is divided in 9 lessons for liturgical purposes.

SOURCES

Aldhelm, De virginitate
Lucretius
Vergilius
Vita metrica Benedictae
Vita metrica Cassiani
Vita metrica Quintini
Vita tertia metrica Lamberti
Vita prima Lamberti

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

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TRANSLATIONS

(Not specified) Londen, British Library, Reg. 20 D VI: uitgegeven door J. DEMARTEAU, Vie de saint Lambert een français du XIIIe siècle, traduite de la biographie écrite au Xe s., par Etienne, évêque de Liège, Luik, 1890, 26-68 (zonder de proloog).

EDITIONS

Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Sep., V (1755) 581-588 (Link)
CHAPEAUVILLE (J.) (Chapeavillus), Qui gesta pontificum Tungrensium, Traiectensium et Leodiensium scripserunt auctores praecipui, 1 (Luik, 1612) 351-370
DEMARTEAU (J.), Saint Théodard et Saint Lambert. Vies anciennes publiées. Société des bibliophiles liégeois, 30 (1886-1890) 70-112
KRUSCH (B.), in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 6 (Hannover-Leipzig, 1913) 385-392 (Link)
VON WINTERFELD (P.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Poetae latini medii aevi 4, 1 (1899) 232-233 (fragment) (Link)

LITERATURE

BABCOCK (R.G.), Astrology and pagan gods in Carolingian Vitae of St. Lambert, in: Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion, 42 (New York, 1986) 95-113
BALAU (S.), Les sources de l'histoire de Liège au Moyen Age, Étude critique (Bruxelles, 1903) 80-81
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 4683
Histoire littéraire de la France, 6 170-172
HONEE, 'Lambertus, bisschop van Maastricht en martelaar. Zijn leven, dood en patrocinium', in: Trajecta, 4 (1995) 183-197
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi 1 (Bruxelles, 1973) 145-146
JOHNSSON (R.), Historia. Etudes sur la genèse des offices versifiés, Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. Studia Latina Stockholmiensia, 15 (Stockholm, 1968) 115-118, 127-130, 140-154
KUPPER (J.-L.), 'S. Lambert: de l'histoire à la légende', Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique, 79 (1984) 5-49
LE ROY (A.), in: B.N., VI (1878) 717-719
MASAI (F.) en GILISSEN (L.), Lectionarium Sancti Lamberti Leodiensis tempore Stephani episcopi paratum (901-920). Codex Brux. 14650-59, Umbrae codicum occidentalium, 8, Amsterdam, 1963
SAUCIER (C.), 'Sacrament and Sacrifice: Conflating Corpus Christi and Martyrdom in Medieval Liège', Speculum, 87 (2012) 682-723
SCHEIBELREITER (G.), 'Der Tod Landberts von Maastricht', in: N. Fryde, D. Reitz (eds.), Bischofsmord im Mittelalter. Murder of bishops (Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Geschichte, 191) (Göttingen, 2003) 51-82
VAN DER ESSEN (L), Etude critique et littéraire sur les vitae des saints mérovingiens de l'ancienne Belgique (Leuven/Paris, 1907) 40-41

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Contributor:
Véronique Lambert
Xavier Baecke

Update:
2013-06-10 10:31:41