- Wandelbert
Wandelbert (813 - d. after 850) was a
Benedictine monk and theological writer.Life
Little is known of his personal history. He was apparently a native of
France , and in 839 he was already a monk at theAbbey of Prüm . He died at Prüm.Works
About this date
Abbot Markward commissioned him to rewrite the old life ofSt. Goar and to supplement it by an account of the miracles worked by the saint. The life Wandelbert wrote is not without historical value.He composed his second work, a
martyrology in verse that was finished about 848, at the request ofOtrich , a priest ofCologne , and with the aid of his friendFlorus of Lyon . The martyrology is based on earlier ones, particularly that of the VenerableBede . The arrangement follows the calendar, and a brief account is given for each day of the life and death of one or moresaint s. Together with the martyrology are poems on the months and their signs, on the various kinds of agricultural labour, the seasons for hunting, fishing, cultivation of fruit, of the fields, and of vineyards, and the church Hours. The poetry is, in general, uniform and monotonous, the most graceful passages are various descriptions of nature.Wandelbert also wrote a (lost) work on the Mass.
References
*Heinz Erich Stienen (1981), "Wandalbert von Prüm. Vita et Miracula sancti Goaris"
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