Renier of St Laurent (died 1188) was a twelfth-century

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monk of St Laurent Abbey,

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. He is known as a writer of theological and exegetical works, controversial and historical works, and numerous biographical and

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, prince-bishop of Liège, 17 August to 22 September 1141. It is based on eye-witness accounts.http://perso.infonie.be/liege06/06six.htm, in French.

References

*Hubert Silvestre, ''Notes sur la "Vita Evracli" de Renier de Saint-Laurent. Contribution à l'histoire littéraire du XIIe siècle Liégeois'', '' Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique'', XLIV (1949), pp. 29–86 *Hubert Silvestre, ''Renier de St.-Laurent et le déclin des écoles liégeoises au XIIe siècle'', Miscellanea Tornacensia. Mélanges d'archéologie et d'hist. Congrès de Tournai 1949 (Bruxelles 1951), pp. 112–123 *David Foote, ''Taming monastic advocates and redeeming bishops: the Triumphale and episcopal vitae of Reiner of St. Lawrence'', Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique 91 (1996) *Article "Reiner von Lüttich", col. 1165 in ''Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters: Verfasserlexikon'' (2006), by Wolfgang Stammler, Karl Langosch, Kurt Ruh

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