Location:Saint Amand's abbey in Elno (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux) - Date:beginning of the 11th century (between 996 and 1012) - Commission:commissioned by Erluinus, bishop of Cambrai (996-1012), to whom the work also is dedicated

631 (pr.: 68 + vita: 563) verzen en 4 brieven

This work has been written on demand of Erluin, a bishop much inclined to the reform, in order to stimulate the cult of saint Rictrude and to restore the community at Marchiennes after a period of decline during the tenth century (Ugé 2005).

Revision of the Vita s. Rictrudis of Hucbaldus Elnonensis in verse. Biography of St Rictrudis, abbess of Marchiennes (+May 12th c. 668). Rictrude was born out of a noble family from Gascony. In the period 629-632, she married Adalbald, a member of the royal court, with whom she had four children: Maurontus, Clotsind, Eusebia and Adalsind. When her husband was murdered, she entered the monastic community of Marchiennes, a foundation of saint Amand (ca. 640), in order to avoid a forced marriage. In the period 644-651, she became abbess of the community, which she remained until her death (Ugé 2005).

Bijbel
De sobrietate (Id., De sobrietate)
Hucbaldus Elnonensis, Vita sanctae Rictrudis
Milo Elnonensis, Vita sancti Amandi

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