23-627: The Martyrology of Usuard is a work by Usuard , a monk of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés . The prologue is dedicated to Charles the Bald indicating that it was undertaken at that monarch's instigation. It was apparently written shortly before the author's death in 875. The martyrology enjoyed consistent success throughout the Middle Ages, as evidenced by numerous surviving manuscripts. This martyrology synthesizes elements of
46-407: A monk of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés . The prologue is dedicated to Charles the Bald indicating that it was undertaken at that monarch's instigation. It was apparently written shortly before the author's death in 875. The martyrology enjoyed consistent success throughout the Middle Ages, as evidenced by numerous surviving manuscripts. This martyrology synthesizes elements of
69-452: A form better adapted for practical liturgical use. In certain points, however, Usuard reverted to a Lyonese recension of Bede 's augmented Martyrology , which was attributed to the archdeacon Florus of Lyon . The text of Usuard's Martyrologium was edited by Jacques Bouillart (Paris, 1718) from manuscript Latini 13745 at Paris, which, if not the autograph of the author, dates at any rate from his time. A still more elaborate edition
92-451: A form better adapted for practical liturgical use. In certain points, however, Usuard reverted to a Lyonese recension of Bede 's augmented Martyrology , which was attributed to the archdeacon Florus of Lyon . The text of Usuard's Martyrologium was edited by Jacques Bouillart (Paris, 1718) from manuscript Latini 13745 at Paris, which, if not the autograph of the author, dates at any rate from his time. A still more elaborate edition
115-484: A history of the saints and martyrs from the apostolic times : "I decided to write [a history, mentioned earlier] from the coming of the saviour up to our age, that is, from the apostles, up to the dregs of our time". The Martyrologium Hieronymianum appears to have drawn for its material on the existing calendar of Rome , on one from Africa , and on a compilation made in Greek around the year 362 A.D. and which used as
138-469: A major source the details found regarding the martyrs in works of Eusebius of Caesarea . The contents of the 362 AD compilation are known to us from an untidy Syriac translation, the Martyrology of AD 411 . It is the geographical spread of the sources which gave this pioneering martyrology its general or "universal" character. Nevertheless, on account precisely of this non-local character and because
161-554: Is an ancient martyrology or list of Christian martyrs in calendar order, one of the most used and influential of the Middle Ages. It is the oldest surviving general or "universal" martyrology, and the precursor of all later Western martyrologies. Pseudepigraphically attributed to Saint Jerome , the Martyrologium Hieronymianum contains a reference to him derived from the opening chapter of his Life of Malchus (392 AD) where Jerome states his intention to write
184-599: Is no surprise that the greater part of the entries contain only summary lists of names and places, for example: "On the third day before the Ides of January, at Rome, in the [catacomb] cemetery of Callixtus , on the Appian Way , was buried Miltiades, the bishop ". The first "historical" martyrologies, (containing a narrative history of the life of a saint), would not flower until the Carolingian period, starting with
207-499: Is preserved to us in innumerable manuscripts , of which Henri Quentin gives a partial list ( Martyrologes historiques , 1908, pp. 675–7). The full story of the relation of the texts was unravelled for the first time by Quentin, and the evolution of the early medieval martyrologia culminating in Usuard's work was told by Quentin in the book just cited. Usuard provided what was substantially an abridgement of Ado 's Martyrology in
230-446: Is preserved to us in innumerable manuscripts , of which Henri Quentin gives a partial list ( Martyrologes historiques , 1908, pp. 675–7). The full story of the relation of the texts was unravelled for the first time by Quentin, and the evolution of the early medieval martyrologia culminating in Usuard's work was told by Quentin in the book just cited. Usuard provided what was substantially an abridgement of Ado 's Martyrology in
253-581: The 430s or 440s, but then later reworked in Gaul , probably at Auxerre , about the year 600. It is from this line of transmission that the surviving manuscripts descend. The three earliest manuscripts which do survive of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum as such are all relatively late, from the 8th century, which means they have inevitably suffered interference in the course of transmission. The oldest of them comes from
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#1732772236719276-555: The date of the final compilation considerably postdates the end of the main anti-Christian persecutions, the antiquity of much of the information gathered is undermined by the inevitable errors caused by multiple compilers and by scribes to whom the persons mentioned could not have been personally known. It appears that the initial Latin text was fabricated in Northern Italy, probably within the Patriarchate of Aquileia , in
299-487: The lists of martyrs that head each day's entry, newer additions were added at the bottom of the lists, and thus the first names are most likely to be those from the lost earliest versions of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum . The material preserved in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum is such that highly specialist training is needed to evaluate it. Derived as the material often is from calendars, it
322-579: The monastery of the Northumbrian missionary St Willibrord at Echternach and was written in England in the first years of the 8th century. Two other important manuscripts were written in the same century, one for the monastery of Saint Avoldus near Metz, and the other was copied by 772 AD for the monastery of Saint-Wandrille and then came to the monastery of St Peter in Wissembourg. In 1894
345-565: The monks of the Abbey of Saint-Remi ). In 858, he went to Spain with his colleague Odilard monk to collect relics ; they returned with those martyrs George, Aurelius and Nathalie, Christians executed in Córdoba, Andalusia on 27 July 852. The account of this voyage, accompanied by miracles, was told by their colleague Aimoin Usuard also composed an obituary of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés,
368-409: The monks of the Abbey of Saint-Remi ). In 858, he went to Spain with his colleague Odilard monk to collect relics ; they returned with those martyrs George, Aurelius and Nathalie, Christians executed in Córdoba, Andalusia on 27 July 852. The account of this voyage, accompanied by miracles, was told by their colleague Aimoin Usuard also composed an obituary of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés,
391-471: The old Martyrologium Hieronymianum , the martyrology of Ado of Vienne , and an enhanced version of that of Bede , attributed to the archdeacon Florus of Lyon . It contains eleven hundred saints' lives. The martyrology is a compilation upon which the later Roman Martyrology depended closely until the twentieth century; it remained throughout the Middle Ages the most famous document of its kind. It
414-412: The old Martyrologium Hieronymianum , the martyrology of Ado of Vienne , and an enhanced version of that of Bede , attributed to the archdeacon Florus of Lyon . It contains eleven hundred saints' lives. The martyrology is a compilation upon which the later Roman Martyrology depended closely until the twentieth century; it remained throughout the Middle Ages the most famous document of its kind. It
437-406: The oldest of its kind (edited by Auguste Molinier, The French obituaries in the Middle Ages , 1890). [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Martyrology of Usuard". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. Usuard The Martyrology of Usuard is a work by Usuard ,
460-521: The oldest of its kind (edited by Auguste Molinier, The French obituaries in the Middle Ages , 1890). [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Martyrology of Usuard". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. Martyrologium Hieronymianum The Martyrologium Hieronymianum (meaning "martyrology of Jerome") or Martyrologium sancti Hieronymi (meaning "martyrology of Saint Jerome")
483-561: The texts of the three manuscripts were juxtaposed in a publication contributed by Giovanni Battista de Rossi and Louis Duchesne to the monumental Acta Sanctorum , which prepared the way for a critical edition published by Henri Quentin in 1931 along with a historical commentary by the Bollandist Hippolyte Delehaye , again in connection with the Acta Sanctorum . Scholars generally assume that in
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#1732772236719506-604: Was brought out by the Bollandist Father Jean-Baptiste Du Sollier . In the thirteenth century the Dominican Order adopted Usuard's as the basis for their own martyrology. Usuard (died 23 January 875) was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and a Carolingian scholar. His name appears in a list of monks of Saint-Germain-des-Prés written around 841/847 (a declaration of spiritual association with
529-435: Was brought out by the Bollandist Father Jean-Baptiste Du Sollier . In the thirteenth century the Dominican Order adopted Usuard's as the basis for their own martyrology. Usuard (died 23 January 875) was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and a Carolingian scholar. His name appears in a list of monks of Saint-Germain-des-Prés written around 841/847 (a declaration of spiritual association with
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