- Eckebert
Eckebert (Ekbert, Egbert) (born in the early part of the
twelfth century of a distinguished family along the Middle Rhine; died28 March 1184 ) wasBenedictine Abbot of theAbbey of Schönau , and a writer.He was for a time canon in the collegiate church of Sts. Cassius and Florentius at
Bonn . In 1155 he became a Benedictine at Schönau in the Diocese ofTrier , and in 1166, after the death of the first abbot,Hildelin , he was placed at the head of the monastery.He preached and wrote much for the salvation of souls and the conversion of heretics. The
Cathari , then numerous in theRhineland , gave him especial concern. While a canon at Bonn he often had occasion to debate with heretics, and after his monastic profession, was invited byRainald of Dassel , Archbishop of Cologne, to debate publicly with the leaders of the sect in Cologne itself.Works
His chief works are:
* "Sermones contra Catharos" with extracts on the
Manichæans , from St. Augustine ("Patrologia Latina ", CXCV)
* "De Laube Crucis" (ibid.)
* "Soliloquium seu Meditationes" (ibid.)
* "Ad Beatam Virginem Deiparam sermo Panegyricus" (ibid., CLXXXIV)
* "De sanctâ Elizabethâ virgine", a biography of his sisterElizabeth of Schönau , a Benedictine nun and famous visionary and mystic, a portion of which is in "Patrologia Latina", CXCV, also in "Acta Sanctorum ", June, IV, 501 sqq. (ed.Palmé , 1867).
*Complete edition of his works in Roth, "Die Visionen der hl. Elisabeth und die Schriften der Aebte Ekbert und Emecho von Schönau" (Brno, 1884).
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