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 Relations of the Lives and Miracles of Saints.

ANSCHERUS Abbot of St. Riquier compos'd in the Year 1110. a Relation of the Life and * 1.1 Miracles of St. Angilbert Abbot of the same Monastery, which was published by Father Ma∣billon in the first Tome of his Benedictin Centuries.

THEOFREDUS, Abbot of Epternach in the Dutchy of Luxemburg, wrote a large Account of the Life of St. Wilbrod the first Bishop of Utrecht; Four Books of Epitaphs of Saints, printed at Luxemburg A. D. 1619. and certain Sermons, which are inserted in the Book call'd Bibliotheca Patrum.

RAINAUD, or RAINOLDUS OF SEMUR, the Son of Dalmace de Semur and Aremberge du Vergey, of an illustrious Family in Burgundy, being the Brother of Hugh Abbot of Cluny, was chosen Abbot of Vezelay, and assisted in that Quality in the Council of Troyes, A. D. 1104. He was afterwards promoted to the Archbishoprick of Lyons, and died in 1109. in the 85th. Year of his Age, leaving a Narration of the Life of Hugh his Brother Abbot of Cluny, which is extant in the Bibliotheca Cluniacensis published by M. du Chesne.

NICOLAS, a Monk of Soissons, wrote in the Year 1120. the Life of St. Godfrey Bishop of * 1.2 Amiens, dedicated to Rohard Bishop of Soissons, and referr'd to by Surius in Novemb. 8.

DOMNISO, an Italian Priest, liv'd in the end of the preceeding Century, and in the beginning of the present, under the Emperors Henry IV. and Henry V. He wrote in Heroick Verse, the Life of the Princess Mathilda printed by Sebastian Tingnagelius at Ingolstadt A. D. 1612. with the Letters of Gebhard of Saltzburg, Sigefred of Mentz, and Stephen of Halberstadt, relating to the contest be∣tween the Emperor and Pope Gregory; as also the Treaty of Bertholdus of Constance about excommu∣nicated Persons; the Lives of St. Altman of Passaw, Thiemo of Saltzburg, and Anselm of Lucca, written by nameless Authors. and Hesso's Treatise concerning the Transactions between the Em∣peror Henry V. and Pope Calixtus II. in 1119.

AELNOTH, a Monk of St. Augustin at Canterbury, flourished in the beginning of this Century, * 1.3 and spent a considerable part of his Life in Denmark, where (as 'tis reported) he resided 24 Years. He wrote about A. D. 1120. an Historical Account of the Life and Passion of Canut King of that Country, which was published by Arnold Whitfield A. D. 1602. and afterward printed with Meur∣sius's Notes at Hanaw in 1631.

GUALBERT, a Monk of the Abbey of Marchiennes, compos'd in the Year 1125. or 1126. Two * 1.4 Books, concerning the Miracles wrought by St. Rictruda.

PANDULPHUS OF PISA flourished A. D. 1130. and wrote the Life of Pope Gelasius II. who died at Cluny in 1119. It was printed at Rome in 1638.

FABRICIUS TUSCUS, Abbot of Abbington in England, wrote a Relation of the Life and Actions of St. Adelm an Abbot in Scotland. He flourished in the beginning of the present Century.

AUCTUS, a Native of FLORENCE, and Abbot of the Monastery of Valombra, or Vall'Om∣brosa, in the Territories of that City, who flourished in the beginning of the Century, has left us the Life of St. John Gualbert, and that of Bernard Hubert Cardinal, with a Narrative of the Trans∣lation of the Head of St. James the Apostle.

ODO, Abbot of St. Remy at Rheims, sent a Letter to Count Thomas Lord of Coucy, which is still extant, and contains the Relation of a Miracle, which he heard at Rome from the Mouth of a certain Archbishop of India concerning the Body of St. Thomas the Apostle, which was interr'd in his Church. This Letter was written about A. D. 1135. for the next Year, Odo return'd from Rome to France, and gave Lands to the House of Mont-Dieu belonging to the Carthusians.

GEFFREY THE GROSS, a Monk of Tiron, wrote in the Year 1135. the Life of St. Bernard Abbot of that Monastery, referr'd to by the Bollandists in April 14.

ULRIC, a Monk of St. Blasius in the Black Forest, who was afterwards promoted to the Bishop∣rick of Constance A. D. 1120. wrote the Life of St. Gebehard Bishop of Augsburg cited by Canisius, and that of St. Conrad, Bishop of the same City, whose Canonization he had obtain'd of the Pope. In the end of his Life he left his Bishoprick, and return'd to the Monastery of St. Blasius in 1138. where he died in 1140.

ARCHARD, a Cistercian Monk, and Tutor to the Novices in the Abbey of Clairvaux, in St. Bernard's time, compos'd a Relation of the Life of St. Geselin a Hermit, which was published by Arnoldus Raisius, and printed at Doway A. D. 1626. It is also reported, that he made certain Ser∣mons for the use of the Novices. He flourished in 1140.

At the same time SIFRED, EBBO, THIMO, and HERBORD, wrote the Life of St. Otho, * 1.5 who first planted Christianity in Pomerania, and died A. D. 1139. This Piece is inserted by Cani∣sius in his Antiquities.

To these Writers may be added ROBERT, Arch-deacon of Ostervandt in Haynaut, who com∣pos'd a Narrative of the Life of St. Aibert, a Monk and Priest of the Monastery of Crespin, referr'd to by Surius, and a NAMELESS Author, who wrote the Life of St. Ludger in Verse.

TURSTIN, Archbishop of York, who near the end of his Life retir'd to a Monastery of his Diocess call'd Rippon-Springs of the Cistercian Order, wrote a small Tract concerning the Original of that Monastery.

THIBAUD, or THEOBALD, a Benedictin Monk of Peter at Beze in Burgundy, compil'd in the middle of the Century Four Books, concerning the Acts, Translation, and Miracles of St. Pru∣dentius Martyr, published by Father Labbé in his new Library of Manuscripts.

HUGH, a Monk of Cluny, wrote in the Year 1160. a Letter giving an Account of the ex∣cellent Endowments of St. Hugh, sometime Abbot of the same Monastery, and afterwards the entire Life of that Saint, which is inserted in the Bibliotheca Cluniacensis, and in Surius.

GAUTIER, or GAUTERIUS, a Canon of Teroaune, compos'd a Narration of the Life and Martyrdom of Charles sir-nam'd the Good, Count of Flanders, which was set forth by Father Sirmond, A. D. 1615.

NICOLAS, a Canon of Liege, wrote the Life of St. Lambert, published by Chapeaville in his Collection of Pieces relating to the said Church of Liege.

ALANUS, a Native of Lisle in Flanders, a Monk of Clairvaux, and afterwards Abbot of Larivoir, a Monastery of the Order of Clairvaux in the Diocess of Trier, was made Bishop of Auxerre A. D. 1153. and compos'd an Abridgment of the Life of St. Bernard, published by Father Mabillon. He left his Bishoprick to return to Clairvaux in 1161. and died in 1182.

SIBRAND, Abbot of Mariegard in Frieseland, is the Author of an Account of the Life of St. Frederick, Founder of that Abbey, who died A. D. 1175. Sibrand wrote some time after.

BERTRAND, Abbot of La Chaise-Dieu, compil'd the History of the Life and Miracles of Ro∣bert the first Founder of that Abbey, which is divided into Three Parts, and was published by Father Labbé in the Second Tome of his new Library of Manuscripts.

ROUL, or RADULPHUS, sir-nam'd TORTARIUS, wrote a Book concerning the Mira∣cles of St. Benedict, set forth by Father Mabillon in the Fourth Benedictin Century.

STEPHEN, Abbot of St. James at Liege, wrote in the beginning of the Century the Life of St. Modoaldus Archbishop of Trier, divided into Three Books, and the History of the Translation of that Saint, published by Surius and the Bollandists.

HUGH, a Monk of St. Saviour at Lodeve, compos'd a Relation of the Conversion of Ponce de Laraze, Founder of that Monastery, which was set forth by M. Baluzius in the Third Tome of his Miscellaneous Works.

HERMAN, a Jew of Colen, being converted by the Sermons of Egbert Bishop of Munster, and by the Conferences he had with Abbot Rupert, retir'd to a Monastery of Regular Canons in his na∣tive Country. He wrote a small Tract about his Conversion, published by Carpzovius in the last Edition of Raimond, printed at Lipsick in 1687.

THOMAS, a Monk of Ely in England, wrote an Account of the Life and Translation of St. Ethel∣drith the first Abbess of Ely, who died A. C. 679. This Piece was published by Father Mabillon in the Second Benedictin Century,

Notes

• * 1.1

  Anscherus, Abbot of St. Riquier. Theofre∣dus, Abbot of Epter∣nach. Rainaud of Semur, Archbi∣shop of Lyons.
• * 1.2

  Nicolas, Monk of Soissons. Domniso Priest.
• * 1.3

  Aelnoth, Monk of Canter∣bury.
• * 1.4

  Gualbert, Monk of Marchien∣nes. Pandul∣phus of Pisa. Fabricius Tuscus, Abbot of Abbing∣ton. Auctus, Abbot of Vall'Om∣brosa. Odo, Abbot of St. Remy at Rheims. Geffrey the Gross, Monk of Tiron. Ulric, Bi∣shop of Constance▪ Archard, Monk of Clairvaux.
• * 1.5

  Sif••ed, Eb∣bo, Thimo, and Her∣bord. Robert, Arch-dea∣con of Ostervandt a nameless Author. Turstin, Archbi∣shop of York. Thibaud, Monk of St. Peter at Beze. Hugh, Monk of Cluny. Gautier, Canon of Terouane. Nicolas, Canon of Liege. Alanus, Bishop of Auxerre. Sibrand, Abbot of Mariegard. Bertrand, Abbot of La Chaise-Dieu. Radulphus Tortarius. Stephen, Abbot of St. James's at Liege. Hugh, Monk of St. Saviour at Lodeve. Herman, a converted Jew of Colen. Thomas, Monk of Ely.