" It was
reprinted
at Antwerp, in 1583/° Usuard died onthe8thofJanuar}',a.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
iii.
, pp.
380 to 487.
3" In eight volumes. See vol. iii. , pp.
Mabillon's Acta Ordinis S. Benedicti, sec. iii. , p. 560, and sec. iv. , ii. , p. 85.
3* In Rev. J. A. Giles' edition, published at London in 1843, i^^ twelve volumes, 8vo.
In vol. i. , pp. 50 to 53, the " Martyrologium Poeticum," with a Prologue will be found ; and in vol. iv. , pp. 16 to 172, the "Martyr- ologium" in Prose is contained.
33 From previously printed editions, and from MSS.
"^ The enumeration of Venerable Bede's works is given in JohnofTrittenhem's "Ca- talogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum," fol. Ii. , a, b.
35 He died A. D.
3* A Martyrology, forming a sort of al-
277 et seq. 3' See "
putus Vulgaris," is found in the folio editions
of Basle, vol. i. , pp. 242 to 266, an:l o Co-
logne, vol i. , pp. 191 to 213. This is said
to have been written by Wandelbertus Prumiensis. See Oudin, "Comment,"
tomus
and the new edition, vol. ii. , p. 23. Also,
tomus
39 " Two other tracts, entitled, ' Liber
Annalis,' and forming a kind of Martyro- logy) are found in Martene and Durand's
'
Collectio Veterum Scriptorum,' vol. vi. ; but they are of no importance, and the editors themselves allow, that very little of them can claim to be the production of
Bede. " See Rev. J. A. Giles' "Complete Works of Venerable Bede," vol. iv. , pp. iv. , v. . Preface.
° Various editions of this work have ap- peared, in single and collective shape, while it has been translated and pullished in the English and in other languages. The edi-
tion chiefly quoted, throughout succeeding
Spicilegium,"
x. , p. 126,
i. , p. 1683.
732,
while Bede died A. D.
pages,
is the
Cambridge
folio of
1644.
manack and entitled,
"
Ephemeris sive com-
logian
and
wasbomabout atFulda. Hewrotea"
786,^7 Martyro-
' See Rev. Thomas Innes' "Civil and
Ecclesiastical History of Scotland. " Chrono-
logical Memoirs, p. 320.
*^ At this date he is venerated in the Eng-
pro Hibernia," cap. iii. , p. 23.
S' See Chalmers' "General Biographical
Dictionary," vol. i. , pp. 171, 172.
"
S3 See
a B. Burcardo Gatthelf Struvio, aucta a B. Chiisti Gottleib Budero, nunc vero a Joanne Georgio Meuselio ita digesta, amplificata, et emendata, ut paene novum opus videri possit, vol. i. , pars. L, cap. ii. , sec. iv. , p. 66.
5* At Paris, in folio, A. D. 1512, A. D, 1522, and in 8vo, a. D. 1561. It was printed at Rome, in folio, a. d. 1745. It also ap-
peared in the " Bibliotheca Patruum. "
ss pje wrote the life St. Didier, uhich is
in Canisius. See "Antiquje Lectiones," vol. ii. , p. i. He also wrote the life of St. Teudier, which is in the "Acta Sancto- rum. "
lish Calendar.
*3 See John of Trittenhem's
"
Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum," fol. Iii. , a.
+ See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. ii. , p. 484, i. j.
*3 There is an account of him and his v/rit-
ings in John of Trittenhem's "Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum," fol. Iv. b. and Ivi. a.
** See Rev. Joseph Dixon's "General In- troduction to the Sacred Scriptures," vol. ii. . Dissertation, xviii. , chap, ii. , p. 351.
<7 See Haydn's "Universal Index of
Biography," p. 463.
<* In 4to. The Martyrology of Raban is
to be found printed in Henricus Canisius' "Antiqufe Lectiones," tomus vi.
^6 By Rosweyde. "
INTRODUCTION. Ixxiii
finished in 731/' and it has caused Bede to be regarded as the Father of
English History. This illustrious writer died on the'26. h of May,** in the
year 735.
Walafridus or Galafridus Strabo, a Benedictine monk,« who flourished in
the ninth century, and who died a. d. 847, wrote various lives of the saints,
while some of these were intimately connected with Ireland. His works
were published at Paris, in ten folio volumes, a. d. 1624. 44
Rabanus Maurus,*s Archbishop of Mentz, a truly learned German theo-
divine,**
logium," which was printed at Ingoldstadt, a. d. i 604. 4^ A collected edition of his works*9 was issued at Cologne, in three folio volumes, a. d. 1627. s*
Rabanus died on the 4th of February, a. d. 856. 5' St. Ado, Archbishop of
Vienne, in Dauphiny, was boni about the year Soo. s' He belonged to a noble family. He is the author of a Universal Chronicle, from the Creation of the World to the year 874. This was continued, to a later period, by Others -p and as an authority for early French history, it has often been edited and published. ^* He wrote a Martyrolngy, likewise, and this was better arranged than any which preceded it, while it was enriched by Lives of the Saints. 55 This was printed at Antwerp,56 a. d. 1613, and at Paris, in
"
folio, a. d. 1645. It is inserted, also, in the Bibliotheque des Peres. ''S7
The works of this prelate were published by Morellus, at Paris, a. d. 1512, 1567 and 1568. 58 He died in the year 875. Usuard was a French hagio- grapher, and a monk at St. Geimain-des-Pr^s, near Paris. By ccirmar. d of Charles the Bald, he compiled a Martyrology. This was first printed at the endof"RudimentumNovitorum,"a. d. 1475. ^^^^'^^publishedatLouvain,
<9 Edited by Georgius Calvinerius. ""
5* See Watts' Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. ii. , p. 787, d, e.
s' See Father Stephen White's "Apologia
vol. i. , p. 8, a, b.
ss See Collier's Great Historical, Geo-
graphical. Genealogical and Poetical Die- tionary," vol, i,, art. Ado.
Bibliotheca Historica," instructa
57 See Watts' Bibliotheca Britannica,"
Ixxiv INTRODUCTION.
"
A. D. 1568, and A. D. 1573. 55 It is intituled, Martyrolcgiim, cvm cddit. et
annot. J. Molani.
" It was reprinted at Antwerp, in 1583/° Usuard died onthe8thofJanuar}',a. d. 876or877/' AmongtheGreekccclesiaslical historians and biographers, David Nicetas was distinguished, about the close of the ninth century. He composed panegyric? in honour of the Apcstles, andofothersaints. ^' ThosearefoundinsertedbyCcmbefis,asacontinuation ofthe"BibliothecaPatruum. ''*^ Varioushymnsandtreatisesareattributed to this Nicetas/* About this period, also, Simeon Metaphrastes, a patrician, flourished. He was first secretary and chancellor to the Emperors Leo VI. , surnamedtheWise,^sandConstantineVI. ,"Porphyrogenitus. ^7 Fromthe works of previous authors, he collected one hundred and twenty-two Lives of Saints. ^^ Sometimes, Metaphrastes altered the style of such documents, whenitappearedtobebarbarous; while,sometim. esheinsertedlaterinter-
polations, not always entitled to implicit credence, unless supported by co- incident evidence.
Notker or Notger, a monk of St. Gall,^9 lived in the ninth and tenth cen- turies. '** He too wrote a Martyrolog}',^* and is said to have composed a LifeofSt. Gallinverse,withotherlearnedtracts. '» Itisstated,thathedied onthe6thofApril,73a. d. 912. 7* AimoinusorAimoin,anativeofAquetain,
» In Svo.
•• " Also in Svo. See Watts'
Britannica," vol. ii. , p. 924, w.
••See Fabricius' "Bibliotheca Graeca," Tol. vii.
«3 See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," ol. ii. , p. 703, d. Also, "Novissimum Actuarium. " Paris, 1672, folio.
^ See Father Stephen White's "Apologia pro Hibemia," cap. iii. , p. 23.
1^ This has appeared, in the learned work
Bibliotheca
*' See
Biography. " Edited by J. Bertrand Payne, p. 548.
*••
"
tomus vi.
7» See Mre L. Ellies Du Pin's "Nouvelle
Bibliotheque des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques," tome viii. , chap, iv. , p. 56. Ed. 2. Paris, 4to, 1697.
1^ On this day, his feast is noted in the Necrology of St. Gall. Pope Innocent III. complained, that there had been no com- memoration of this pious man at St. Gall.
Pope Julius II. required Hugo, Bishop of Constance, to appoint an inquisition, so that the question of canonization might be reserved for the Holy See. Having instituted
the necessary process, Hugo permitted a Mass and an office in Notker's honour to the
monastery of St. Gall and to its dependant churches ; but, in the time of Mnbillon, the
authority of the Sovereign Pontiff had not been added to that decree. See " Annales
Ordinis S. Benedict! ," tomus iii. , lib. xli. , sec. Ixix. , p. 340.
"ByDuPinandMabillon. Aninterest- ing account of him will be found in Ma- billon's " Annale? Ordinis S. Benedict]," tomus iii. , lib. xxxiv. , sec. xxx. , p. 13, lib. xxxvii. , section xxx. , pp. 173, 174, sectioa
Hayderi's
" Universal
Index
of
of Henricus " Canisius,
Antiquas Lectiones,"
See Cave's
ccrum Historia Litsraria," torn, i. , p. 562.
's This Emperor dieJ, May nth, a. d. 911, in his forty-sixth year, after a reign of 25 year? , 2 months, and 10 days. See
"L'Art de Verfier les Dates des Faits His- toriques," tome i. , p. 430.
**
This Emperor died, on the 9th or 15th
Scriplonim Ecclesiasti-
of November, A. D. 959, in the fifty-fourth
year of his age. See ibid. , p. 431.
^ See M. Le Dr. Hoefer's " Nouvelle
Biographis Geiierale," tome x. \. xv. , cols. 188, 189.
"
See Dr. William Cave's "Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Historia Literaria," tomus ii. , p. 88.
*« John of Trittenhem treats of him and of
his in " writings
Catalogiis Scriplonim Ec- clesiasticorum," fol. IviL b.
" Sermones de
Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis," pp. 305, to 308. Operum,
tomus vii. Venice, 1728, fol.
7' See Capefigue's "Charlemagne," tome
"
De Miraculis Sancto- rum Germanise," and " De Miraculis Sanctse Genefovse. " See D. Bouquet's text, tome
vii. , p. 348.
7^ See a further account of his writings, in
"
History of English Literature and of the
English Language," vol. i. , p. 84. London, 1 86 1, 8vo.
^ By Richard Gibbons, a Jesuit.
•'
^5 See Watts' Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. i. , p. 12, j, k.
*" See " Britannica or the Biogi-aphica :
Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest ages to the present Times,"
i. , cap. ii. , p. 39.
77 He has written,
William Cave's "
corum Historia Litei'aria a Christo nato usque ad sajculum xiv. facile Methodo di-
gesta," tom. i. , p. 597. "
Scriptorum
Ecc'esiasti-
7' See Tiie Imperial Dictionary of Uni- vol. i. , p. 72.
INTRODUCTION. I XXV
flourished in the tenth and eleventh centuries. 75 He possessed an ardent
and a highly poetic imagination, 7^ while he was one of the most industrious
among saintly biographers. 77 He lived until after the year 1004. "^
The abbot Guibert was born in 1053. His writings contain a singular treatise on the relics of the saints. ? ' His works were published at Paris in folio, A. D. 165 1, and the editor was the learned Dom. Luke d'Achery. ^ Guibert died August ist, in 1124. ^' Ailred,^' who is also called Ethelred,^^ Allread, or Ealred/* was abbot of Revesby, in Lincolnshire-^^ Ailred left varioushistorical,hagiographicalandtheologicaltractsbehindhim. ^^ Some Among other learned treatises, one deno-
of Durham, who wrote the Acts of St. Brigid. 9'
St. Anthony of Padua was born at Lisbon, in 1195. He belonged to the religious orders of St. Augustine and of St. Francis. He has left us " Sermones de Sanctis," and an edition of his works was published in 1641, byFatherJeanoftheHague. 9^ St. AnthonydiedatPaduain1231,93being only thirty-six years old. The elegant and seraphic writer, St. Bonaventure, was born at Bagnarea, in Tuscany, a. d. 1221. He wrote " Opus Sermonum
"
de Tempore et Sanctis,"'^ as also Histcrie Plurimorum Sanctorum ex
of his works are yet unprinted. ^7
was
in 1631. ^9 Ailred died a. d. 1166. S0 In this century, also lived Laurence
minated,
Tempore
et de
Sanctis,"
published
at
Douay^^
Ixxxviii. , pp. 199, 200, lib. xxxix. , section i. , p. 275, lib. xli. , section xvii. , p. 318, section Ixix. , pp. 339, 340.
75 See remarks regarding this writer and
"
De lUustribus Anglia; Scrip- toribus," tomus i. , pars, ii. , pp. 229 to 231. *5 He is classed as a saint in the Calendar,
at the 1 2th of January. See R. Chambers'
" Book of vol. i. , Days," p. 97.
** "
See Cave's Scriptorum Ecclesiasti-
corum Historia Literaria," tom. i.
380 to 487.
3" In eight volumes. See vol. iii. , pp.
Mabillon's Acta Ordinis S. Benedicti, sec. iii. , p. 560, and sec. iv. , ii. , p. 85.
3* In Rev. J. A. Giles' edition, published at London in 1843, i^^ twelve volumes, 8vo.
In vol. i. , pp. 50 to 53, the " Martyrologium Poeticum," with a Prologue will be found ; and in vol. iv. , pp. 16 to 172, the "Martyr- ologium" in Prose is contained.
33 From previously printed editions, and from MSS.
"^ The enumeration of Venerable Bede's works is given in JohnofTrittenhem's "Ca- talogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum," fol. Ii. , a, b.
35 He died A. D.
3* A Martyrology, forming a sort of al-
277 et seq. 3' See "
putus Vulgaris," is found in the folio editions
of Basle, vol. i. , pp. 242 to 266, an:l o Co-
logne, vol i. , pp. 191 to 213. This is said
to have been written by Wandelbertus Prumiensis. See Oudin, "Comment,"
tomus
and the new edition, vol. ii. , p. 23. Also,
tomus
39 " Two other tracts, entitled, ' Liber
Annalis,' and forming a kind of Martyro- logy) are found in Martene and Durand's
'
Collectio Veterum Scriptorum,' vol. vi. ; but they are of no importance, and the editors themselves allow, that very little of them can claim to be the production of
Bede. " See Rev. J. A. Giles' "Complete Works of Venerable Bede," vol. iv. , pp. iv. , v. . Preface.
° Various editions of this work have ap- peared, in single and collective shape, while it has been translated and pullished in the English and in other languages. The edi-
tion chiefly quoted, throughout succeeding
Spicilegium,"
x. , p. 126,
i. , p. 1683.
732,
while Bede died A. D.
pages,
is the
Cambridge
folio of
1644.
manack and entitled,
"
Ephemeris sive com-
logian
and
wasbomabout atFulda. Hewrotea"
786,^7 Martyro-
' See Rev. Thomas Innes' "Civil and
Ecclesiastical History of Scotland. " Chrono-
logical Memoirs, p. 320.
*^ At this date he is venerated in the Eng-
pro Hibernia," cap. iii. , p. 23.
S' See Chalmers' "General Biographical
Dictionary," vol. i. , pp. 171, 172.
"
S3 See
a B. Burcardo Gatthelf Struvio, aucta a B. Chiisti Gottleib Budero, nunc vero a Joanne Georgio Meuselio ita digesta, amplificata, et emendata, ut paene novum opus videri possit, vol. i. , pars. L, cap. ii. , sec. iv. , p. 66.
5* At Paris, in folio, A. D. 1512, A. D, 1522, and in 8vo, a. D. 1561. It was printed at Rome, in folio, a. d. 1745. It also ap-
peared in the " Bibliotheca Patruum. "
ss pje wrote the life St. Didier, uhich is
in Canisius. See "Antiquje Lectiones," vol. ii. , p. i. He also wrote the life of St. Teudier, which is in the "Acta Sancto- rum. "
lish Calendar.
*3 See John of Trittenhem's
"
Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum," fol. Iii. , a.
+ See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. ii. , p. 484, i. j.
*3 There is an account of him and his v/rit-
ings in John of Trittenhem's "Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum," fol. Iv. b. and Ivi. a.
** See Rev. Joseph Dixon's "General In- troduction to the Sacred Scriptures," vol. ii. . Dissertation, xviii. , chap, ii. , p. 351.
<7 See Haydn's "Universal Index of
Biography," p. 463.
<* In 4to. The Martyrology of Raban is
to be found printed in Henricus Canisius' "Antiqufe Lectiones," tomus vi.
^6 By Rosweyde. "
INTRODUCTION. Ixxiii
finished in 731/' and it has caused Bede to be regarded as the Father of
English History. This illustrious writer died on the'26. h of May,** in the
year 735.
Walafridus or Galafridus Strabo, a Benedictine monk,« who flourished in
the ninth century, and who died a. d. 847, wrote various lives of the saints,
while some of these were intimately connected with Ireland. His works
were published at Paris, in ten folio volumes, a. d. 1624. 44
Rabanus Maurus,*s Archbishop of Mentz, a truly learned German theo-
divine,**
logium," which was printed at Ingoldstadt, a. d. i 604. 4^ A collected edition of his works*9 was issued at Cologne, in three folio volumes, a. d. 1627. s*
Rabanus died on the 4th of February, a. d. 856. 5' St. Ado, Archbishop of
Vienne, in Dauphiny, was boni about the year Soo. s' He belonged to a noble family. He is the author of a Universal Chronicle, from the Creation of the World to the year 874. This was continued, to a later period, by Others -p and as an authority for early French history, it has often been edited and published. ^* He wrote a Martyrolngy, likewise, and this was better arranged than any which preceded it, while it was enriched by Lives of the Saints. 55 This was printed at Antwerp,56 a. d. 1613, and at Paris, in
"
folio, a. d. 1645. It is inserted, also, in the Bibliotheque des Peres. ''S7
The works of this prelate were published by Morellus, at Paris, a. d. 1512, 1567 and 1568. 58 He died in the year 875. Usuard was a French hagio- grapher, and a monk at St. Geimain-des-Pr^s, near Paris. By ccirmar. d of Charles the Bald, he compiled a Martyrology. This was first printed at the endof"RudimentumNovitorum,"a. d. 1475. ^^^^'^^publishedatLouvain,
<9 Edited by Georgius Calvinerius. ""
5* See Watts' Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. ii. , p. 787, d, e.
s' See Father Stephen White's "Apologia
vol. i. , p. 8, a, b.
ss See Collier's Great Historical, Geo-
graphical. Genealogical and Poetical Die- tionary," vol, i,, art. Ado.
Bibliotheca Historica," instructa
57 See Watts' Bibliotheca Britannica,"
Ixxiv INTRODUCTION.
"
A. D. 1568, and A. D. 1573. 55 It is intituled, Martyrolcgiim, cvm cddit. et
annot. J. Molani.
" It was reprinted at Antwerp, in 1583/° Usuard died onthe8thofJanuar}',a. d. 876or877/' AmongtheGreekccclesiaslical historians and biographers, David Nicetas was distinguished, about the close of the ninth century. He composed panegyric? in honour of the Apcstles, andofothersaints. ^' ThosearefoundinsertedbyCcmbefis,asacontinuation ofthe"BibliothecaPatruum. ''*^ Varioushymnsandtreatisesareattributed to this Nicetas/* About this period, also, Simeon Metaphrastes, a patrician, flourished. He was first secretary and chancellor to the Emperors Leo VI. , surnamedtheWise,^sandConstantineVI. ,"Porphyrogenitus. ^7 Fromthe works of previous authors, he collected one hundred and twenty-two Lives of Saints. ^^ Sometimes, Metaphrastes altered the style of such documents, whenitappearedtobebarbarous; while,sometim. esheinsertedlaterinter-
polations, not always entitled to implicit credence, unless supported by co- incident evidence.
Notker or Notger, a monk of St. Gall,^9 lived in the ninth and tenth cen- turies. '** He too wrote a Martyrolog}',^* and is said to have composed a LifeofSt. Gallinverse,withotherlearnedtracts. '» Itisstated,thathedied onthe6thofApril,73a. d. 912. 7* AimoinusorAimoin,anativeofAquetain,
» In Svo.
•• " Also in Svo. See Watts'
Britannica," vol. ii. , p. 924, w.
••See Fabricius' "Bibliotheca Graeca," Tol. vii.
«3 See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," ol. ii. , p. 703, d. Also, "Novissimum Actuarium. " Paris, 1672, folio.
^ See Father Stephen White's "Apologia pro Hibemia," cap. iii. , p. 23.
1^ This has appeared, in the learned work
Bibliotheca
*' See
Biography. " Edited by J. Bertrand Payne, p. 548.
*••
"
tomus vi.
7» See Mre L. Ellies Du Pin's "Nouvelle
Bibliotheque des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques," tome viii. , chap, iv. , p. 56. Ed. 2. Paris, 4to, 1697.
1^ On this day, his feast is noted in the Necrology of St. Gall. Pope Innocent III. complained, that there had been no com- memoration of this pious man at St. Gall.
Pope Julius II. required Hugo, Bishop of Constance, to appoint an inquisition, so that the question of canonization might be reserved for the Holy See. Having instituted
the necessary process, Hugo permitted a Mass and an office in Notker's honour to the
monastery of St. Gall and to its dependant churches ; but, in the time of Mnbillon, the
authority of the Sovereign Pontiff had not been added to that decree. See " Annales
Ordinis S. Benedict! ," tomus iii. , lib. xli. , sec. Ixix. , p. 340.
"ByDuPinandMabillon. Aninterest- ing account of him will be found in Ma- billon's " Annale? Ordinis S. Benedict]," tomus iii. , lib. xxxiv. , sec. xxx. , p. 13, lib. xxxvii. , section xxx. , pp. 173, 174, sectioa
Hayderi's
" Universal
Index
of
of Henricus " Canisius,
Antiquas Lectiones,"
See Cave's
ccrum Historia Litsraria," torn, i. , p. 562.
's This Emperor dieJ, May nth, a. d. 911, in his forty-sixth year, after a reign of 25 year? , 2 months, and 10 days. See
"L'Art de Verfier les Dates des Faits His- toriques," tome i. , p. 430.
**
This Emperor died, on the 9th or 15th
Scriplonim Ecclesiasti-
of November, A. D. 959, in the fifty-fourth
year of his age. See ibid. , p. 431.
^ See M. Le Dr. Hoefer's " Nouvelle
Biographis Geiierale," tome x. \. xv. , cols. 188, 189.
"
See Dr. William Cave's "Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Historia Literaria," tomus ii. , p. 88.
*« John of Trittenhem treats of him and of
his in " writings
Catalogiis Scriplonim Ec- clesiasticorum," fol. IviL b.
" Sermones de
Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis," pp. 305, to 308. Operum,
tomus vii. Venice, 1728, fol.
7' See Capefigue's "Charlemagne," tome
"
De Miraculis Sancto- rum Germanise," and " De Miraculis Sanctse Genefovse. " See D. Bouquet's text, tome
vii. , p. 348.
7^ See a further account of his writings, in
"
History of English Literature and of the
English Language," vol. i. , p. 84. London, 1 86 1, 8vo.
^ By Richard Gibbons, a Jesuit.
•'
^5 See Watts' Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. i. , p. 12, j, k.
*" See " Britannica or the Biogi-aphica :
Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest ages to the present Times,"
i. , cap. ii. , p. 39.
77 He has written,
William Cave's "
corum Historia Litei'aria a Christo nato usque ad sajculum xiv. facile Methodo di-
gesta," tom. i. , p. 597. "
Scriptorum
Ecc'esiasti-
7' See Tiie Imperial Dictionary of Uni- vol. i. , p. 72.
INTRODUCTION. I XXV
flourished in the tenth and eleventh centuries. 75 He possessed an ardent
and a highly poetic imagination, 7^ while he was one of the most industrious
among saintly biographers. 77 He lived until after the year 1004. "^
The abbot Guibert was born in 1053. His writings contain a singular treatise on the relics of the saints. ? ' His works were published at Paris in folio, A. D. 165 1, and the editor was the learned Dom. Luke d'Achery. ^ Guibert died August ist, in 1124. ^' Ailred,^' who is also called Ethelred,^^ Allread, or Ealred/* was abbot of Revesby, in Lincolnshire-^^ Ailred left varioushistorical,hagiographicalandtheologicaltractsbehindhim. ^^ Some Among other learned treatises, one deno-
of Durham, who wrote the Acts of St. Brigid. 9'
St. Anthony of Padua was born at Lisbon, in 1195. He belonged to the religious orders of St. Augustine and of St. Francis. He has left us " Sermones de Sanctis," and an edition of his works was published in 1641, byFatherJeanoftheHague. 9^ St. AnthonydiedatPaduain1231,93being only thirty-six years old. The elegant and seraphic writer, St. Bonaventure, was born at Bagnarea, in Tuscany, a. d. 1221. He wrote " Opus Sermonum
"
de Tempore et Sanctis,"'^ as also Histcrie Plurimorum Sanctorum ex
of his works are yet unprinted. ^7
was
in 1631. ^9 Ailred died a. d. 1166. S0 In this century, also lived Laurence
minated,
Tempore
et de
Sanctis,"
published
at
Douay^^
Ixxxviii. , pp. 199, 200, lib. xxxix. , section i. , p. 275, lib. xli. , section xvii. , p. 318, section Ixix. , pp. 339, 340.
75 See remarks regarding this writer and
"
De lUustribus Anglia; Scrip- toribus," tomus i. , pars, ii. , pp. 229 to 231. *5 He is classed as a saint in the Calendar,
at the 1 2th of January. See R. Chambers'
" Book of vol. i. , Days," p. 97.
** "
See Cave's Scriptorum Ecclesiasti-
corum Historia Literaria," tom. i.
