William of Volpiano
Saint William of Volpiano | |
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 William of Volpiano; Basilica San Giulio (12th century) | |
| Born | June/July 962 San Giulio Island, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 1 January 1031 |
| Honored in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 1 January |
Saint William of Volpiano (Italian: Guglielmo da Volpiano; French: Guillaume de Volpiano, also of Dijon, of Saint-Benignus, or of Fécamp; June/July 962 – 1 January 1031) was a
Northern Italian monastic reformer, composer, and founding abbot of numerous abbeys in Burgundy, Italy and Normandy
.
Life and career
Abbey of Fécamp
Not much is known about him. The main source is a Raoul Glaber, a novice who accompanied William and who sometimes regarded his master as a rival, but also as a mentor who encouraged his work as a chronicler.[1]
William was born on the family
Emperor Otto. The assault being successful, Otto became the sponsor and patron
of Count Robert's son.
The fourth son of Count Robert, in 969, at the age of seven, he began his education at the
Rhône River
.
William was ordained in 990 and served as abbot of Saint Benignus' Abbey at Dijon, dedicated to
, and northern Italy.In 1001, he was called to rebuild the destructed
Mont Saint-Michel). In 1015 he became abbot of Jumièges Abbey.[2]
He was chosen as building
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
.
William died of
natural causes at Fécamp.[citation needed
]
Editions
- Mocquereau, André, ed. (1901). Codex H. 159 de la Bibliothèque de l'École de médecine de Montpellier: Antiphonarium tonale missarum, XIe siècle. Paléographie musicale. Vol. 7. Solesmes: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes.
- Mocquereau, André, ed. (1905). Codex H. 159 de la Bibliothèque de l'École de médecine de Montpellier: Antiphonarium tonale missarum, XIe siècle. Paléographie musicale. Vol. 8. Solesmes: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes.
- Bulst, Neithard; John France; Paul Reynolds, eds. (1989). "Vita domni Willelmi abbatis". Rodulfus Glaber Opera. Oxford Medieval Texts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 154–299. ISBN 9780198222415.
- Gazeau, Véronique; Monique Goullet (2008). Guillaume de Volpiano. Un Réformateur en son temps (962 - 1031). Caen: Publications du CRAHM. ISBN 978-2-902685-61-5.
See also
- William of Volpiano's fully notated tonary for the use at the Abbey Saint-Bénigne of Dijon
References
- ^ The main source is one manuscript (F-Pn lat. 5390) where the 15 pages of William's vita are bound together with other hagiographic writings. The edition and French translation was published by Véronique Gazeau and Monique Goullet (2008), but there was already an English translation and edition by Bulst and France (1989) whose edition was approved.
- ^ ISBN 9780851157023
- Tonary of St. Bénigne, Dijon). A similar chant notation had also been used for the chant books of William of Volpiano's later Norman foundations.
Sources
- William of Volpiano. "Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Médecine, Ms. H159, pp.7-322". Tonary-Gradual & Antiphonary of the Abbey St. Bénigne in Dijon (about 1000).
- Raoul Glaber. "Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds lat., ms. 5390, ff.222r-230r". Vita Domni VVillelmi Abbatis primi Fiscannensis [Life of Sir William the first Abbot of Fécamp] (11th century).
- Huglo, Michel (2001). "Guillaume de Dijon". required)
External links
- (in English) William of Volpiano at Structurae
- (in French) William of Volpiano in Normandy: current position
- (in English) William of Dijon
- (in English) The founders, the work of the first Dukes 933-1035
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