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Opus sanctorum merita Marceniensium commendans et praecipue beatae Rictrudis
Miracula Sancti Rictrudis. Versio I

Century: 12

Hagiography

Latin

Dioc. Arras
County of Hainault

INCIPIT

Prologus: Secundum nomen singulari proprietate et univoca ratione denotato; secundum professionem vero, S. Trudonis de Clerico, in loco et tempore opportuno, monacho dilecto, grato et commendabili Gerardo, Frater Gualbertus Marciensis, de monacho nomen saltem gerens in professione, salutes coaequandas guttis maris vel arenis, sive Deo soli cognito stellarum pari vel impari numero...-- Corpus: Hic itaque bonae indolis juvenis, de quo intendimus, satis astutus in negotiis secularibus, nulla tamen dote, sed neque conjugis seu filiorum compede, mundanis concupiscentiis astrictus, matri et maxime in viduitate sua non solum filii, sed etiam mariti carissimi administrationem sedulam, non tam in matris quam in superni Patris gratiam, affectuosissime impendebat...

EXPLICIT

...Neque enim familiaris boni putanda est B.Rictrudis expertes velle socios praesentes, quibus tam familiariter conjunctis congaudet de corporali praesentia, quorum in aeterna animarum requie fungi mereamur legatione apud eum, qui trinus et unus Deus sine fine permanet in secula seculorum. Amen.

Gualbertus Marciensis, Walbertus Marciensis

Sex: M- Bio: Monk of the abbey of Marchiennes (+1134)-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)

EDITING

Location:Marchiennes - Date:1128 - Commission:dedicated to Gerardus, monk of Sint-Truiden

SIZE

ca. 40 fol.

CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Hagiographical writing in five chapters, dealing with several miracles attributed to St Rictrudis, patron saint of Marchiennes. One brother recovered in a miraculous way from a hernia, and later from paralysed hands and rolling eyes. One story is about brother Richardus, who had to protect the abbey against ennemies. The fourth chapter discusses the removal of abbot Fulchard and the opposition of the latter by calling in the bishop. Opponents of Fulchard raised a fire in the guest house, but the abbey itself remained miraculously free from damage. The archbishop of Reims, Rodulph Le Verd (1108-1124), had to intervene ultimately in order to set things right. The author also mentions the history of a knight, Ingebrandus, and a bailiff, Stephanus Saliacensis (=Sailly-en-Ostrevent), who terrorized the abbey and its serfs (see H. Platelle, 171 and 184-185). An enumeration of patron saints is added : Eusebia, Gertrudis, Ionathus, Chrode-baldus, Fulchard.

SOURCES

klassieke auteurs (Macrobius, Sallustius, Vergilius) (mondelinge overlevering; ooggetuigenverslagen.)

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Douai, Bibliothèque Municipale, 850 (Link)

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mai., III (1680) 140-154 (Link)
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mai., III (1866, 3e druk) 139-153 (Link)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 7249
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 11 Rome 1968 181-182
Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, XIX (1981) 739-740
MOLINIER (A.), Les Sources de l'histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'en 1789 (4 vols.) (Paris, 1902-1904) nr. 1761
PLATELLE (H.), 'Crime et châtiment à Marchiennes. Etude sur la conception et le fonctionnement de la justice d'après les Miracles de sainte Rictrude (XIIe s.)', in: Sacris Erudiri, 24 (1980) 155-202
POTTHAST (A.), Bibliotheca Historica Medii Aevi, Wegweiser durch die Geschichtswerke des europäischen Mittelalters bis 1500, II (Berlin, 1896) 1549.
VARENBERGH (E.), in: B.N., 7 (1883) 432

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Contributor:
Inge Roosens

Update:
1996-02-28 00:00:00