Amalarius

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Amalarius von Metz or Amalarius Fortunatus (also Amalar , Amalheri , Amelarius , Amalerius , Amalharius or Hamelarius ; * around 775 in the vicinity of Metz ; † around 850 probably in Metz, according to other sources 841) was a liturgist and from 809/10 to 814 / 16 Archbishop of Trier .

Church historical circumstances

In the early years of his reign, Louis the Pious carried out a reform of the church. However, this soon came to a standstill due to the division of the Franconian Empire . Amalarius was considered a partisan of Ludwig. Although his writings were partially banned, he is considered a pioneer of the unified liturgy according to the Roman rite .

Life

Amalarius Fortunatus was from 796 to 804 a pupil of Alcuin . Around 809/10 he became Archbishop of Trier . His successor Archbishop Hetti was in office no later than 816.

In 813 Amalarius traveled to Constantinople on behalf of Charlemagne and visited Emperor Michaelis I.

In 831 he traveled to Rome to get a Roman antiphonary from Pope Gregory IV . From these texts he put together a new liturgy for the Franconian Empire . In 835, after the Synod of Diedenhofen, he was installed for the deposed Archbishop of Lyon , Agobard . Amalarius implemented liturgical reforms in Lyon. Three years later he was accused of heresy by the deacon Florus of Lyons because of these changes . At the Synod of Quierzy some of his texts were condemned as heresy and Amalarius was deposed as bishop's representative. Agobard had in the meantime reconciled with the emperor and received his bishop's seat back.

Nothing certain is known about his later life. He probably went back to Metz and could have worked there as auxiliary bishop for Bishop Drogo of Metz . Benedictine martyrologies from more recent times mistakenly count Amalarius among the monks of Luxeuil and interpret his in the reign of Leo III. and Gregory IV falsely attested to stays in Rome in the sense that he had been appointed cardinal priest under Pope Sergius II .

Works

  • Liber officialis or De ecclesiasticis officiis, av. 820
  • Liber de ordine antiphonarii, about 832

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz-Josef Heyen : The St. Paulin Abbey in front of Trier (= Germania Sacra. NF 6 = The Archdiocese of Trier. 1). De Gruyter, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-11-002273-7 , p. 84 f.
  2. Amalario Fortunato. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Alfonso M. Zimmermann: Sant 'Amalario Fortunato di Treviri. In: Santi, beati e testimoni , June 2, 2009, accessed November 1, 2017.
  4. A single object from St. Viktor's Abbey near Mainz is now in the Würzburg State Archives
predecessor Office successor
Wizzo Archbishop of Trier
809–814
Hetti