SIGEBERT A Monk of Gemblours.
SIGEBERT a Monk of Gemblours, after having been publick Professor of Divinity in the * 1.1 Monastery of St. Vincent at Mets return'd to his own Convent, where he apply'd himself en∣tirely to Study, and to the Composing of Books. He vigorously maintain'd the Interest of the Emperors Henry IV. and Henry V. against the Popes, and died A. D. 1113. The following Ca∣talogue of his Works was made by himself.
He Compos'd during his abode at St. Vincent at Mets, the Life of St. Thierry Bishop, of the same City, and Founder of the Abbey, with an Encomium on that Saint in Heroick Verse. The Passion of St. Lucia in Alcaick Verse: An Answer to those, who censur'd the Prophecy of that Saint, in which (as it is reported) she foretold that the Persecution would cease with∣in a little while, upon the Expulsion of Dioclesian and the Death of Maximilian: A Sermon in commendation of the same Saint, in which he relates the History of the several translations of her Body from Sicily to Corfu, and from thence to M••••s: And the Life of St. Sigebert King of France, who founded the Church and Abbey of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Martin near Mets.
Sigebert after his return to the Monastery of Gemblours, compos'd the following Works, viz.
The History of the Passion of the Theb•…•… Martyrs in Heroick Verse, and the Life of St. Guibert Founder of the Church of Gemblours: He likewise corrected the old Relation of the Life of St. Lambert, and made a new one illustrated with Comparisons taken out of the ancient Writers, as also an Answer to a Letter that Pope Gregory VII. wrote to Herman Bishop of Mets. To these Pieces are to be added, an Apology for the Emperor Henry, against those who inveigh against Masses said by married Priests: A Letter written in the Name of the Churches of Liege and Cambray, against Paschal II's Letter, in which that Pope excites the Count of Flanders to make War with the People of those Territories: An Answer to the In∣habitants of Trier concerning the Fast of the Ember-Weeks. The Book of Ecclesiastes in He∣roick Verse, according to the literal, allegorical and mythological Senses: The continuation of Eusebius's Chronicle after St. Jerome to the Year 1111. A Treatise about the Reforma∣tion of the Cycles, and another of Illustrious Personages in imitation of St. Jerom and Gen∣nadius.
Of all these Works there only remain in our Possession, the continuation of St. Jerom's Chronicle from A. C. 381. to 1112. The Treatise of Ecclesiastical Writers: The Letter written in the Name of the Clergy of Liege and Cambray: And the Lives of St. Sigebert, St. Guibert and St. Maclou, referr'd to by Surius.
This Author is very accurate in his Writing, and attain'd to considerable proficiency in the Study of the Liberal Sciences, and in all sorts of Humane Learning.