Ratpert Of Nonantola
Ratpert or Radbert is a masculine Germanic given name. It may refer to: *Ratpert (abbot of Saint Gall) (d. 782) *Ratpert of Nonantola (d. 839?), abbot * Radbert of Corbie (d. 865), Frankish theologian and writer *Ratpert of Saint Gall Ratpert of St Gallen (c. 855 - c. 911) was a scholar, writer, chronicler and poet at the Abbey of Saint Gall. He wrote in Medieval Latin and in Old High German. Life Ratpert probably entered the monastery as an oblate while still a child. The ...

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Ratpert (abbot Of Saint Gall)
Ratpert was the abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall for about eight months in 782. He is mentioned in the oldest list of abbots between Abbots John and Waldo. Since John died on 9 February 782 and the earliest surviving act of Ratpert's successor, Waldo, dates to 8 November 782, the abbacy of Ratpert must have lasted from February to November at the latest. In the ''Casus sancti Galli'' of his namesake, the monk Ratpert, he is not mentioned save in a marginal note added later. In the 11th century, Hermann of Reichenau Blessed Hermann of Reichenau (18 July 1013– 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many hymns. ... placed Ratpert's abbacy in 781. The Calvinist writer Melchior Goldast recorded his anniversary as commemorated on April 29.Johannes DuftAbt Ratpert (782) ''Die Abtei St.Gallen'' (St. Gallen, 1986). References {{DEFAULT ...
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Ratpert Of Nonantola
Ratpert or Radbert is a masculine Germanic given name. It may refer to: *Ratpert (abbot of Saint Gall) (d. 782) *Ratpert of Nonantola (d. 839?), abbot * Radbert of Corbie (d. 865), Frankish theologian and writer *Ratpert of Saint Gall Ratpert of St Gallen (c. 855 - c. 911) was a scholar, writer, chronicler and poet at the Abbey of Saint Gall. He wrote in Medieval Latin and in Old High German. Life Ratpert probably entered the monastery as an oblate while still a child. The ...

Radbert Of Corbie
Paschasius Radbertus (785–865) was a Carolingian theologian and the abbot of Corbie, a monastery in Picardy founded in 657 or 660 by the queen regent Bathilde with a founding community of monks from Luxeuil Abbey. His most well-known and influential work is an exposition on the nature of the Eucharist written around 831, entitled ''De Corpore et Sanguine Domini''. He was canonized in 1073 by Pope Gregory VII. His feast day is April 26. His works are edited in ''Patrologia Latina'' vol. 120 (1852) and his important tract on the Eucharist, ''De Corpore et Sanguine Domini'', in a 1969 edition by B. Paulus, published by Brepols (Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis 16). Life Paschasius was an orphan left on the steps of the convent of Notre-Dame de Soissons. He was raised by the nuns there, and became very fond of the abbess, Theodrara. Theodrara was sister of Adalard of Corbie and Wala of Corbie, two monks whom he admired greatly. At a fairly young age, Paschasius lef ...
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