- Adso of Montier-en-Der
Adso of Montier-en-Der ( _la. Adso Dervensis) (died 992) was
abbot of theCluniac monastery ofMontier-en-Der Abbey inFrance , and died on apilgrimage toJerusalem ; he was one of the foremost European writers of the tenth century.Born of rich and noble parents, he was educated at
Luxeuil Abbey , was called toToul as instructor of the clergy, and made abbot of Moutier-en-Der in 960. He was the friend of Gerbert, afterwardsPope Sylvester II , ofAbbo of Fleury , and other famous men of his time.Works
His writings include hymns, lives of saints, among them a life of Saint
Mansuetus ,Bishop of Toul (485-509), a metrical rendering of the second book of the Dialogues ofPope Gregory I , and a tractate "De Antichristo" or in full "Epistola Adsonis ad Gerbergam reginam de ortu et tempore antichristi" in the form of a letter toGerberga of Saxony , wife of Louis IV d'Outremer).This latter work has been attributed to
Rabanus Maurus ,Alcuin , and even to St. Augustine, and is quoted byDöllinger among other writings of the medieval conception ofAntichrist . It is printed among the works of Alcuin (Patrologia Latina, CI, 1289-93). The other writings of Adso are also found inMigne ("Patrologia Latina ", CXXXVI, 589-603).External links
* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_10_0900-1000-_Adso_Dervensis.html Bibliography of Adso's works and online texts]
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