Rodulfus Tortarius ( 1063 in

Gien Gien () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Gien is on the river Loire, from Orléans. Gien station has rail connections to Montargis, Nevers and Paris. The town was bought for the royal domain by Philip II of Franc ...

– c. 1122) was a French

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monk of the Abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire, and a poet writing in Latin. A very early version of the story of Amys and Amylion occurs in his work. He versified the '' Facta et dicta memorabilia'' of

Valerius Maximus Valerius Maximus () was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: ''Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX'' ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as ''De factis dictisque memorabilibus'' ...

. His range was from comic tales to

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, with a ''Miracles of Saint Benedict''.''Miracula Benedicti auctore Radulfo Tortario'', in the ''

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''.

References

* Marbury Bladen Ogle, Dorothy M. Schullian, editors, ''Rodulfi Tortarii Carmina'', Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. VIII, ome:American Academy in Rome, 1933. * François Bar,'' Les épîtres latines de Raoul le Tourtier; etude de sources. La Legende d'Ami et Amile''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodulfus Tortarius 1060s births 1120s deaths People from Gien French poets French Benedictines French Catholic poets Medieval Latin poets French male poets 12th-century French poets 12th-century Latin writers