Alger of Liege
Alger von Lüttich (also: Algerus von Lüttich , Alger von Cluny , Algerus Magister ; * around 1060 in Liège , † around 1131 in Cluny ) was a canonical writer and author of theological writings. He headed the cathedral school of Sankt Lambert in Liège before joining the monastery of Cluny , with whose abbot Petrus Venerabilis he had a close friendship.
Life
Alger studied at the cathedral school in Liège. Then he was initially a deacon and scholastic at Saint Bartholomew in Liège. Around the year 1100 he was appointed by Bishop Otbert to be his secretary and transferred as a canon to the St. Lambert Cathedral. Alger was in charge of the cathedral school and carried out external correspondence. He declined various offers from other bishops to serve them and remained in his functions in Liege for about 20 years until after the death of Bishop Otbert. In 1121, after the death of Otbert's successor, Bishop Friedrichs, whose secretary was Alger, he went to Cluny and entered the famous Benedictine monastery to spend the last ten years or so of his life as a monk .
Works
Alger wrote a rebuttal against the doctrine of the Eucharist of Berengar of Tours , which was highly appreciated by Peter the Venerable, just as 400 years later by Erasmus of Rotterdam , who in 1530 had printed an edition in Basel:
- De sacramentis corporis et sanguinis Domini libri tres , published by Erasmus, Basel (Freiburg) 1530, then often, most recently by Jean B. Malou, Löwen 1847 (MPL 180, 439 ff.).
Of importance for the history of canon law is a work by Algers, in which he briefly commented on excerpts from the writings of the church fathers :
- Tractatus de misericordia et iustitia , (ed.) Edmond Martène, in: Thesaurus novus anecdotorum V , Paris 1717, 1019 ff. (MPL 180, 857).
Other writings of Alger have survived, some of which can be clearly attributed to him, others only presumably. Some things, such as a history of the Church of Liege, were lost.
literature
- Johann Friedrich von Schulte: Algerus von Lüttich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 341.
- Bernhard Bischoff: Alger of Liège. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 200 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Alger of Liege. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 116.
- L. Brigué: Alger de Liège , Paris 1936.
- Robert Kretzschmar : Alger von Lüttich's treatise 'De misericordia et iustitia': a canonical attempt at concordance from the time of the investiture dispute: investigations and edition , in: Sources and research on law in the Middle Ages, 2, Sigmaringen 1985.
- TG Doran: Canon law in the twelth century: the views of Bernold of Constance, Ivo of Chartres and Alger of Liège , Rom 1979.
- Peter Landau: Gratian and the Sententiae Magistri A , in: Hubert Mordek (ed.), From archives and libraries: Festschrift for Raymund Kottje on his 65th birthday , Freiburg contributions to medieval history. Studies and Texts 3, Frankfurt 1992, pages 311-326.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Alger von Lüttich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 116.
- ↑ for further information: see BBKL
Web links
- Literature by and about Alger von Lüttich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alger von Lüttich in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Entry in the New Advent: Catholic Encyclopedia online
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SURNAME | Alger of Liege |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Algerus of Liege; Alger of Cluny; Algerus Magister |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Author of theological writings, head of the cathedral school in Liège and later a Benedictine monk |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1060 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1131 |
Place of death | Cluny |