G147
De laudibus beati Martini TuronensisVita Sancti Martini (in verzen)
Century: 12
Hagiography
Latin
Dioc. Liège
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Brabant
INCIPIT
Prologus: Quoniam de his que specialiter parvitati mee dignatio sublimitatis vestre, venerande pater, iniunxit, quibusdam causis intercurrentibus ... -- Liber I: Christi miles magnanimus / Martinus, actu splendidus... -- Liber II: Martinus flos pontificum / tuorum semper supplicum ...
EXPLICIT
Prologus: ... et ut fructus meditationis seu laboris mei dulcis sit interno gutturi ista legendo gustantium. Amen. -- Liber I: ...ut cum Christo tua prece / Gaudeamus sine fine. -- Liber II: ...sit gratiarum actio / nullo claudenda termino. Amen.
Sex: M- Bio: monk of the abbey of Gembloux, 1177-9 secretary of Hildegardis of Bingen and spiritual father of the monastic community of Rupertsberg in Bingen, 1180 back to Gembloux, September 1180-May 1881 and 1185-1186/87 in the abbey of Marmoutier (Tours), 1188 abbot in the abbey of Florennes (?1124/5/+1214). (NaSo 265): See Pertz and Potthast for the attribution to Guibertus Gemblacensis. (Naso 607): zie Delehaye (1888) voor de toeschrijving aan Guibertus Gemblacensis (in overeenstemming met Hervardus). (NaSo 1524): The final redaction of this letter seems to be the work of Guibertus Gemblacensis-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)
EDITING
Location:Probably the abbey of Gembloux - Date:1st version: 1177-1179 or earlier, 2nd version with letter of dedication to Philip of Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne: after the return of Guibertus from Tours (1181) (Index scriptorum) - Commission:dedicated to Philip of Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne (1167-1191)
SIZE
c. 35.500 words (estimate based on manuscript)
CONTEXT
Since reading the Life of St Martin of Tours by Sulpicius Severus as a child Guibert fostered a special admiration for St Martin. He wrote a versed life dedicated to this saint and presented the text to Philip of Heinsberg, the archbishop of Cologne, during his stay at Rupertsberg (1177-1179). Philip advised Guibert to further 'polish' the work. With the support of Philip Guibert departed for Tours, where he collected several texts on the saint during his 8-month stay (autumn 1180 - spring 1181). These texts were integrated in the reworked version of his Vita, to which he also added a dedicatory letter to Philip by way of a prologue. In addition to this versed Vita Guibert als wrote a Vita dedicated to St Martin in prose text (see NaSo 515).
ABSTRACT
Versed vita about St Martin of Tours, divided into two books and prefaced with a dedicatory letter to Philip of Heinsberg, the archbishop of Cologne (1167-1191) as a prologue. The first book (BHL 5636) is subdived in 4 parts that deals with St Martin's life and death, his cult, the return of his relics from Burgundy and glory of Marmoutier and Châteauneuf, the two religious communities at Tours; to which is added a complaint against the devil and several supplications. The second book(BHL 5367) lists Martin's disciples, his hagiographers and his admirers and recounts miracles executed by St Martin.
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
MANUSCRIPTS
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
DREVON (J.M.), De Paulini Petrocorii vita et scriptis (1889) 229-235 (1), 235 (2) (fragment)
PITRA (J.B.), Analecta sanctae Hildegardis opera Spicilegio Solesmensi parata, Analecta sacra, 8 (Monte Cassino, 1882; reprint: Farnborough, 1966) 440 582-591 (proloog + enkele fragmenten) (fragment)
PITRA (J.B.), Analecta sanctae Hildegardis opera Spicilegio Solesmensi parata, Analecta sacra, 8 (Monte Cassino, 1882; reprint: Farnborough, 1966) 440 582-591 (proloog + enkele fragmenten) (fragment)
LITERATURE
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 5636-5637
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 8 1248-1291
DELEHAYE (H.), 'Guibert abbé de Florennes et de Gembloux XIIe et XIIIe siècles', in: Revue des questions historiques, 46 (1889) 49, 87-88 (5-90)
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi, 3:1 (Bruxelles, 1979) 110
MOENS (S.), 'Twelfth-century epistolary language of friendship reconsidered. The case of Guibert of Gembloux', Revue Belge de philologie et d'histoire/ Belgisch tijdschrift voor filologie en geschiedenis, 88 (2010), 983-1017
SCHRADER (M.), 'Guibert de Gembloux', in: Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique doctrine et histoire, 6 (Parijs, 1967) 1134 (1132-1135)
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 8 1248-1291
DELEHAYE (H.), 'Guibert abbé de Florennes et de Gembloux XIIe et XIIIe siècles', in: Revue des questions historiques, 46 (1889) 49, 87-88 (5-90)
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi, 3:1 (Bruxelles, 1979) 110
MOENS (S.), 'Twelfth-century epistolary language of friendship reconsidered. The case of Guibert of Gembloux', Revue Belge de philologie et d'histoire/ Belgisch tijdschrift voor filologie en geschiedenis, 88 (2010), 983-1017
SCHRADER (M.), 'Guibert de Gembloux', in: Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique doctrine et histoire, 6 (Parijs, 1967) 1134 (1132-1135)
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Contributor:
Marit Gypen
Sara Moens
Update:
2014-07-01 15:44:08
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Contributor:
Marit Gypen
Sara Moens
Update:
2014-07-01 15:44:08
© The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2009). URL: www.narrative-sources.be (accessed May 14th 2025).
