Rodulfus Tortarius

Rodulfus Tortarius [Raoul of Tourtier, Raoul de La Tourte, Raoul le Tourtier, Raoul Tortaire, Radulfus Tortarius, Radulphus Tortarius, Rudolphus Tortarius, Radulphus Flaviacensis.] (Gien c.1063-c.1122) was a French Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire, and a poet writing in Latin. A very early version of the story of Amys and Amylion occurs in his work. [In an epistle Ad Bernardum. See [http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/~colloq/articles/backnumb/Col_26_ogawa.pdf PDF] , p.128; believed to be the first source extant. Also in [http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistas/fll/11399368/articulos/THEL0101110009A.PDF PDF] (French language) p.9.]

He versified the "Facta et dicta memorabilia" of Valerius Maximus. [E. R. Curtius, "European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages", English edition p.60.] His range was from comic tales to hagiography, with a "Miracles of Saint Benedict" ["Miracula Benedicti auctore Radulfo Tortario", in the "Patrologia Latina".] .

References

* Marbury Bladen Ogle, Dorothy M. Schullian editors (1933), "Rodulfi Tortarii Carmina"
* François Bar," Les épîtres latines de Raoul le Tourtier; etude de sources. La Legende d'Ami et Amile"

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*de icon [http://www.abaelard.de/abaelard/060001tortaire.htm]