Adelmann ( la, Adelmannus Leodiensis, it, Adelmanno di Liegi, french: Adelman de Liège, nl, Adelman van Luik, german: Adelmann von Lüttich; ?, - c. 1061,

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

) was the

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and concubinage. Of unknown parentage and nationality, he was educated at the famous School of Chartres, in France, founded by Fulbert, and was considered one of his favourite scholars. Among his fellow students was

Berengarius Berengar of Tours (died 6 January 1088), in Latin Berengarius Turonensis, was an 11th-century French people, French Christianity, Christian theologian and archdeacon of Angers, a scholar whose leadership of the cathedral school at Chartres set a ...

, to whom, at a later period, he addressed two letters. The second (incomplete) letter is a valuable dogmatic exposition of the teaching of the Church on the Eucharist;Epist. de Eucharistiae Sacramento. the

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

editors of the '' Histoire littéraire de la France'' call it "one of the finest literary documents of the period." It breathes a tender affection for Berengarius, the friend of the writer's youth.

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called him "barbarus, imperitus, et sophista."

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* Year of birth unknown 1061 deaths 11th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Brescia Prince-Bishopric of Liège clergy 11th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire {{Belgium-bio-stub