Abbo of Fleury
La Reole in Gascony | |
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Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 13 November |
Abbo or Abbon of Fleury (
Life
Abbo was born near
Abbo returned to Fleury in 988, where he was selected as its abbot after Abbot Oilbold's death.
In 996 King
In 1004 he attempted to restore discipline in the monastery of La Réole, in Gascony, by transferring some of the monks of Fleury into that community. But the trouble increased; fighting began between the two parties and when Abbo endeavoured to separate them he was pierced in the side by a lance. He concealed the wound and reached his cell, where he died in the arms of his faithful disciple Aimoin, who has left an account of his labours and virtues. The miracles wrought at his tomb soon caused the Church of Gaul to regard him as a saint and martyr, although he does not seem to have been canonized by Rome officially. His feast is kept on 13 November.
Works
During his time in England, Abbo learned of the martyrdom of
There is one contemporary biography, written by his disciple Aimoin, in which much of Abbo's correspondence was reproduced. It is of great importance, including as a historical source of information about the reign of
Richard W. Pfaff sums up Abbo's achievements as follows: "One of the most versatile thinkers and writers of his time, Abbo put his mark on several areas of medieval life and thought, but none more so than in transmitting much that was valuable from the tradition of reformed French monasticism to the nascent monastic culture of late tenth-century England."[5]
References
Citations
- ISBN 0826452639.
- ^ a b Schaff, Philip. "Abbo of Fleury", The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I, Funk & Wagnalls, 1949
- ^ “Saint Abbo of Fleury”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 November 2009. Web. {2012-9-29}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-abbo-of-fleury
- ^ Campbell, Thomas. "St. Abbon." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 19 Sept. 2012 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015b.htm>.
- ^ Richard W. Pfaff, ‘Abbo of Fleury (St Abbo of Fleury) (945x50–1004)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 13 April 2012.
Bibliography
- Cora E.Lutz, Schoolmasters of the Tenth Century, Archon Books 1977.
- Abbo 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Abbon". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Abbo in the Christian Cyclopedia
- First among Abbots: The Career of Abbo of Fleury