Pierre Coral (died 1286) was a French monk and historian. He was the prior of
Saint-Martin de Limoges Saint-Martin de Limoges (or Saint-Martin-lez-Limoges) was a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monastery in Limoges from 1012 and a house of Congregation of the Feuillants, Feuillants from 1624 until 1791.
For the early years of the monastery before ...
, then abbot from 1247 until 28 August 1276, when he became the
abbot of Tulle (as Pierre III), a position he held until his death.
[, calls him Pierre de Coral.] He was buried in Tulle next to the altar of
Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to:
People
* Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France
* Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal)
* Pope Martin I (598–655)
* Saint Mart ...
.
Pierre wrote in
Latin the first chronicle of the abbey of Saint-Martin de Limoges. He had access to a now lost
cartulary, the ''Liber beate Marie'', and also to charters of Bishop
Hilduin
Hilduin (c. 785 – c. 855) was Bishop of Paris, chaplain to Louis I, reforming Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Denis, and author. He was one of the leading scholars and administrators of the Carolingian Empire.
Background
Hilduin was from a pr ...
, a
passionary and a
necrology. He acquired the ''Chronicle'' of
Adhemar of Chabannes Adhemar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Adhemar of Salerno (died 861), prince
* Adhemar of Capua (died after 1000), prince
* Adhémar de Chabannes (988-1034), French monk and historian
* Adhema ...
from neighbouring monasteries. Pierre's chronicle begins with the refoundation of the abbey by Hilduin in 1012, although it mentions events going back to its legendary founding by
Saint Eligius in 648. It continues down to 1275.
The
autograph manuscript
An autograph or holograph is a manuscript or document written in its author's or composer's hand. The meaning of autograph as a document penned entirely by the author of its content, as opposed to a typeset document or one written by a copyist o ...
of Pierre's chronicle is lost. It survives in four manuscripts,
BnF lat. 5452 (
fols. 104
r–112
v), 11019, 12764 (fols. 1–24) and 171116 (fols. 35–47). In the first three it is mixed with other historical material in what is known as the ''
Great Chronicle of Limoges
The ''Great Chronicle of Limoges'' (french: Grande chronique de Limoges; la, Maius chronicon Lemovicense), also called the ''Chronicle of Saint-Martial of Limoges'' (french: Chronique de Saint-Martial de Limoges, link=no; la, Chronicon sancti Mar ...
''. MS 5452 contains some additions beyond 1275. A copy of the autograph made in 1275, now lost, was used by
Claude Estiennot de la Serre
Claude Estiennot de la Serre (or de la Serrée) (17 February 1639 – 20 June 1699) was a French Benedictine scholar of the Congregation of Saint-Maur.
Life
He was born at Toutry. He joined the Benedictines at Vendôme and was professed there i ...
and Jean Bandel in copying MSS 12764 and 171116, respectively, in the 17th century.
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1286 deaths
People from Limousin
Benedictine abbots
French abbots
13th-century French historians
13th-century writers in Latin