A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

Writers of Chronicles, and particular Histories.

HUGH, a Monk of Verdun, and afterwards Abbot of Flavigny in the Dutchy of Burgundy, * 1.1 composed a Chronicle of Verdun divided into Two Parts, one of which begins at the Nati∣vity of Jesus Christ, and ends in the Year 1002. and the other continues the History to 1102. This Work was published by Father Labbé, who gives a very great Character of it, in the first Tome of his new Library of Manuscripts; but the second Part is much more valuable than the first.

BAUDRY, Secretary to Gerard I. Lietbert and Gerard II. Bishops of Cambray, afterward Chan∣ter * 1.2 and Canon of Terouane, and at last Bishop of Noyon and Terouane, wrote the History of the Churches of Cambray and Arras, under the Title of the Chronicle of Cambray, published by Col∣venerius and printed at Doway A. D. 1615. This Author was ordain'd Bishop in the Year of our Lord 1097. and died in 1112.

LEO OF MARSI, a Monk and Library-Keeper of Mount Cassin, was made Bishop of Sessa, and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, by Pope Paschal II. A. D. 1101. He escap'd by flight from Rome, with John Bishop of Frescati, when that Pope was apprehended by the Emperor Henry V. and run all about Italy to excite the People to take up Arms in his defence: He also sign'd a Bull of the same Pope Paschal II. in 1115. and died a little while after. He wrote a Chronicle of the Abbey of Mount Cassin divided into Three Books, which begins at the time of St. Benedict, and ends in that of the Abbot Desiderius, who was chosen Pope under the Name of Victor III. This Chro∣nicle was printed at Venice A. D. 1513. at Paris with that of Aimoin in 1603. at Naples in 1616. and again at Paris in 1668. It is reported that there are some other Manuscript Tracts of this Au∣thor, * 1.3 particularly certain Sermons, and Lives of the Saints, &c. In the Vatican Library are to be seen several Letters of another LEO, in like manner Cardinal Deacon, who was promoted to that Dignity by Urban II. and who made a Register of the Letters written by the same Pope.

HARIULPHUS, a Monk of St. Riquier, compos'd a Chronicle of his Abbey, printed in the * 1.4 fourth Tome of Father Dachery's Spicilegium; the Life of St. Arnoul of Soissons, published by Surius; a Treatise of the Miracles of St. Riquier; and the Life of St. Maldegi••ilus, set forth by Father Mabillon in his Benedictin Centuries. This Author wrote in the beginning of the Twelfth Century.

RAINERIUS, a Monk of St. Laurence at Liege, who flourished A. D. 1130. is the Author of a * 1.5 Treatise of the illustrious Personages of his Monastery, and of the Bishoprick of Liege, published by Chapeaville, in his Collection of Monuments relating to the Church of Liege.

HERMAN, a Monk of St. Vincent at Laon, and afterwards Abbot of St. Martin at Tournay, flou∣rished in the beginning of this Century. He wrote a large Narrative of the Restauration of the Church of St. Martin at Tournay, which contains the History of that Abbey, from the Reign of Philip I. King of France, to his time; that is to say, to the Year 1150. being inserted in the Twelfth Tome of Father Dachery's Spicilegium. He likewise compil'd Three Books of the Mira∣cles of St. Mary of Laon, printed with the Works of Guibert of Nogent, and another Manuscript Treatise about the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, dedicated to Stephen Archbishop of Vienna.

FALCO OF BENEVENTUM, who was created Magistrate of that City by Pope Innocent II. left a Chronicle or History from the Year 1102. to 1140. in which he gives a particular Account of Matters relating to his Native Country. This Work was published by Father Caracioli of the Theatine Order, and printed at Naples A. D. 1626.

UDASCALCHUS, a Monk, compos'd a Relation of the Controversies between Herman Bi∣shop * 1.6 of Augsburg, and Egino Abbot of St. Ulric, with a Poem concerning the Voyage and Death of the said Egino, published by Canisius in the Second Tome of his Collection. This Author wrote in the time of Pope Paschal II. and of Arnulphus Archbishop of Mentz, some of whose Letters are inserted by him in his Relation.

ALEXANDER, an Abbot in Sicily, compil'd Four Books of the Life and Reign of Roger King * 1.7 of Sicily, which were printed at Saragossa, A. D. 1578. and in the Book called Hispania illustrata. This Author wrote after the Death of King Roger, which happen'd in 1154.

JOHN, a Monk of Marmotuier, wrote the History of the Actions of Geffrey Plantagenet, Count * 1.8 of Angers and Duke of Normandy, published by M. du Bouchel, and printed at Paris A. D. 1610. as also in M. du Chesne's Collection of the Historians of Normandy.

GEFFREY, or WALTER DE VINESAUF, of Norman Extraction, but born in England, af∣ter having run through a Course of Learning in his Native Country, travell'd beyond Sea, and ac∣quir'd a great deal of Reputation. He compos'd a Work in Hexameter Verse, dedicated to Pope Innocent III▪ under the Title of The new Poesy, or the Art of Speaking; and another Treatise about the planting and improving of Trees. Both these Works are only in Manuscript; but in the Se∣cond Tome of the English Historians, printed at Oxford in 1687. is contain'd his History, or the Itinerary of King Richard I. to the Holy Land, which was attributed to other Authors; in the same Place are also found certain Copies of Verses on King Richard.

ODO OF DEUIL, Abbot of St. Cornelius at Compeigne, and afterward Successor to Suger in * 1.9 the Abbey of St. Denis, wrote a Relation of the Voyage of Lewes VII. King of France to the Le∣vant, published by Father Chifflet in his Treatise of the Nobility of St. Bernard, printed at Paris A. D. 1660. This Author died in 1168.

LAURENCE, a Monk of Liege, being sent to Verdun resided in the Monastery of St. Vito, and was employ'd in writing a Chronicle of the Bishops of that Diocess to the Year 1148. printed in the Twelfth Tome of the Spicilegium: It is reported that he liv'd till A. D, 1179.

SUGER, Abbot of St. Denis, famous as well for his Learning and Zeal in maintaining the Rights of the Church, as on account of the Nobleness of his Birth, and the considerable Employ∣ments he obtain'd in the State, wrote the Life of Lewes the Gross King of France; divers Letters relating to the publick Affairs of the Kingdom, during his Administration of the Government; a Treatise of his Transactions in the Abbey of St. Denis; a Narrative of the Consecration of that Church; with certain Constitutions, and his last Will and Testament. These Monuments are extant in the Fourth Tome of the Historians by du Chesne; except the Account of the Consecra∣tion of the Church, which is not there entire, and to which Father Mabillon added a Supplement, in the First Tome of his Analecta. Suger was chosen Abbot of St. Denis A. D. 1122. during his residence at Rome, and consecrated in 1123. He died in 1153.

ALDEBERT, or ALBERT, Abbot of Hildesheim, flourished in the Year 1160. He wrote a Relation of the Restauration of his Monastery to the Benedictins under Pope Eugenius III. which * 1.10 was published by Gretser, and printed at Ingolstadt A. D. 1617.

TEULPHUS, a Monk of Maurigny, compos'd in the Year 1150. a Chronicle of his Monastery, from A. D. 1008. to 1147. which is to be found in the Three Tomes of the Historians by M. du Chesne.

HUGH OF POITIERS, a Benedictin Monk, Secretary to the Abbey of Vezelay, began in the Year 1156. by Order of Ponce Abbot of Vezelay, the History of that Monastery, and com∣pleated it in 1167. under William Abbot of the same Abbey. It is divided into Four Books, and was published by Father Dachery in the Third Tome of his Spicilegium.

RICHARD, an English Man of the County of Northumberland, Monk and Prior of the Mo∣nastery of Hagulstadt, flourished An. Dom. 1180. and died in 1190. His Works were published among those of the English Historians, printed at London in 1652. They are, an History of the Church and Bishops of Hagulstadt; that of the Actions of King Stephen; and that of the War manag'd by Standardius from A. D. 1135. to 1139.

THIERRY, or THEODERIC, a Monk, wrote about the Year 1180. a compendious Hi∣story of Ecclesiastical Affairs, and of the Kings of Norway, published with another Piece of a NAMELESS Author, concerning the Expedition which the Danes undertook to the Holy Land, A. D. 1185. which was set forth by Gasper Kirkman, from the Memoires of John Kirkman of Lub•••• his Uncle, and printed at Amsterdam in 1684.

GEFFREY, a French Monk of the Monastery of St. Martial at Limoges, and afterward Prior of Vigeois in the same Diocess, who was ordain'd Priest in 1167. by Geraud Bishop of Ca∣hors, wrote a Chronicle or History of France from the Year 996. to 1184. which was published by Father Labbe in the Second Tome of his new Library of Manuscripts.

GONTHIER, or GONTHERIUS, a Monk of the Abbey of St. Amand, had the Reputation of being a good Poet, and compos'd a Poem of the Exploits of the Emperor Frederick Barberossa in Lombardy and Liguria, which on that Account was called The Ligurine, and was printed at Stras∣burg A. D. 1531. as also at Basil in 1569. at Francfurt in 1584. and among the German Historians▪ He likewise wrote a Treatise of Prayer, Fasting and Alms-giving, printed at Basil in 1504. and 1507. The Lives of St. Cyricius, and St. Julia in Verse, are also attributed to the sam•• Author,

SAXO, sir-nam'd the Grammarian, by reason of the purity of his Style, was a Dane by Na∣tion, of the Isle of Seeland. He was Provost of the Church of Roschild, and Chaplain to Absalom * 1.11 Archbishop of Lunden, who sent him to Paris A. D. 1177. to conduct the Monks of St. Genevieve into Denmark. He wrote the History of his native Country to the Year 1186. Erasmus extols the vivacity of his Conceptions, the nobleness of his Expressions, the fluency of his Rhetorick, and the admirable variety of his Figures, and wonders much, by what means a Dane could arrive at such a height of Eloquence in that Age. He chiefly affected to imitate Valerius Maximus. His History was published by Christian Petri, Canon of Lunden, and printed at Paris A. D. 1514. John Bebelius caus'd it to be printed at Basil in 1534. as also did Philip Leonicier, and John Fichard at Francfurt in 1576. Lastly, Johannes Stephanius set forth a more large and

correct Edition of it, with Prolegomena and Annotations, at Sora in 1644. This Author died in 1204.

RALPH DE DICETO, an English Man by Nation, and Dean of St. Paul's at London, a Person * 1.12 well known on account of his Learning and Travels into Foreign Countries, wrote a compendious Chronicle from the Creation of the World to the Year 1198. The first Part of it ending at the time of Pope Gregory the Great was never published, because it only contain'd trivial Matters. He also compos'd certain Historical Tracts call'd Portraitures, from A. D. 1148. to 1200. These Works are among those of the English Historians printed at London in 1652.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Hugh, Ab∣bot of Fla∣vigny.
• * 1.2

  Baudry, Bishop of Noyon, and Te∣rouane. Leo, Car∣dinal.
• * 1.3

  Another Cardinal Leo.
• * 1.4

  Hariul∣phus, Monk of S. Riquier.
• * 1.5

  Rainerius, Monk of S. Lau∣rence at Liege. Herman, Abbot of St. Martin at Tour∣nay. Falco of Beneven∣tum.
• * 1.6

  Udascal∣chus, a Monk.
• * 1.7

  Alexander, Abbot in Sicily.
• * 1.8

  John, Monk of Mar∣moutier. Geffrey, or Walter de Vinesauf.
• * 1.9

  Odo, Abbot of St. Cor∣nelius at Com∣peigne. Laurence, a Monk of Liege. Suger, Ab∣bot of St. Denis.
• * 1.10

  Aldebert, or Albert, Abbot of Hilde∣sheim. Teulphus, Monk of Maurigny. Hugh, of Poitiers, Monk of Vezelay. Richard, Prior of Hagul∣stadt. Thierry, or Theodoric, a Monk. A Name∣less Au∣thor. Geffrey, Prior of Vigeois. Gonthier, Monk of St. Amand.
• * 1.11

  Saxo Gramma∣ticus, Pro∣vost of Roschild.
• * 1.12

  Ralph de Diceto, Dean of St. Paul's at London.