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Praelocutio vitae vel obitus sancti Landeberti pontificis qui passus est XV. kal. octobr. in villa nuncupata Leodio
Vita secunda Lamberti Leodiensis

Century: 9

Hagiography

Latin

Dioc. Liège
Duchy of Lower Lotharingia

INCIPIT

Si pagani per sigmenta, saeva et nefanda plurima mendacia codicibus suis commendare studeant, ut eorum, qui narrant, et de quibus narratur, vana gloria discurrat; cur nos Christiani salutisera taceamus per Sanctos suos gesta miracula Christi?... Gloriosus Lantbertus Pontifex, oppido Trajectensi oriundus fuit, et ex perentibus locupletibus secundum saeculi dignitatem inter praesides venerandos, et religione Christianissima altus est.

EXPLICIT

Dum autem in parvis praecedentibus temporibus multa quidem miracula sunt gesta; guis modo digna aestimatione comprehendet, quanta et qualia per prolixa temporum spatia gerenda erunt, dum nunquam juxta beati praesulis atque gloriosi Martyris tumbam usque in hodiernum diem signa et mirabilia fieri cessent, per auxilium Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui cum Patre vivit et regnat Deus in unitate spiritus sancti per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Anonymous: can. Leodiensis (Naso 2166)

Sex: M- Bio: The 'Vita secunda Lamberti' (NaSo 2166) was probably written by a clerc of Liège. -Status author (order, function):

EDITING

Location:Liège? - Date:Written in the ninth century before the 'Vita metrica' and the 'Vita Lamberti' of Etienne of Liège, after the 'Vita prima Lamberti' (NaSo 2165) - Commission: /

SIZE

4253 words

CONTEXT

This second biography was written to exert political influence in the royal court and, by presenting the life of Lambert as a parallel example, to address some abuses there (Kupper, 1984).

ABSTRACT

Second 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.

SOURCES

Vita prima Lamberti

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, II 992
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 9368

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

BASNAGE (J.) (ed.), Thesaurus monumentorum ecclesiasticorum et historicorum sive Henrici Canisii lectiones antiquae, 2 (Amstelaedami, 1725) 138-146

LITERATURE

BALAU (S.), Les sources de l'histoire de Liège au Moyen Age, Étude critique (Brussel 1903) 38-40
BASNAGE (J.) (ed.), Thesaurus monumentorum ecclesiasticorum et historicorum sive Henrici Canisii lectiones antiquae, 2 (Amstelaedami, 1725) 135-137
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 4679
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi 1 (Bruxelles, 1973) 83
KUPPER (J.-L.), 'S. Lambert: de l'histoire à la légende', Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique, 79 (1984) 5-49
SAUCIER (C.), 'Sacrament and Sacrifice: Conflating Corpus Christi and Martyrdom in Medieval Liège', Speculum, 87 (2012) 682-723
VAN DER ESSEN (L.), Etude critique et littéraire sur les Vitae des saints mérovingiens de l'ancienne Belgique, Université de Louvain. (Recueil de travaux d'histoire et de philologie, 1e série, 17) (Leuven/Paris, 1907) 29 sv.

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Contributor:
Xavier Baecke

Update:
2013-06-10 10:32:10