Helinand of Froidmont (c. 1150—after 1229 (probably 1237)) was a
medieval
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poet
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,
chronicler
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, and
ecclesiastical
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As a well-known
preacher
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, he wrote more than sixty Latin
sermon
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s. His sermons, written in a neat Latin style, give evidence of a remarkable acquaintance with the pagan poets as well as with the
Fathers of the Church
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.
A ''Martyrium'' of Saints
Gereon
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History
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Theban Legion
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who were marty ...
used to be attributed to Helinand, but it is unclear whether he is the true author.See Voorbij (below). Smits (1983) observes that the text was already in circulation before the 12th century and that the attribution must hence be false. See: E.R. Smits, "Helinand of Froidmont and the A-text of Seneca's Tragedies", ''Mnemosyne'' S. 4,), pp. 324-358 (p. 332).
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Notes
Bibliography
* Helinand de Froidmont, Les vers de la mort. Edition and translation (in modern French) Michel Boyer and Monique Santucci. Paris: Champion, 1983.
* Beverly Mayne Kienzle, ''Cistercians, Heresy and Crusade in Occitania, 1145-1229: Preaching in the Lord's Vineyard''. Woodbridge and Rochester, N.Y.: York Medieval Press, Boydell and Brewer, 2001. review * Saak, E. L., "The Limits of Knowledge: Hélinand de Froidmont's ''Chronicon.''" In ''Pre-modern encyclopaedic texts : proceedings of the second COMERS Congress, Groningen, 1–4 July 1996,'' edited by Peter Binkley, 289-302. Leiden: Brill, 1997.