Benedict of Milan

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Benedict in the series of representations of the Milanese bishops in the Basilica of San Nicolò (Lecco) , 19th century

Benedict of Milan († March 11, 732 in Milan ) lived at the time of the Lombard king Aripert II and worked as Archbishop of Milan until his death . Angelo Mai († 1854) identified him as the author of a medical didactic poem; however, the attribution is now considered uncertain. Paulus Diaconus mentions him in his Historia Langobardorum as a man of "extraordinary holiness". It also tells of the dispute that Benedict fought before Pope Constantine over the right to consecration of the bishops of Pavia with Bishop Armentarius , without achieving any success. This reflects how the newly formed capital of the Longobard Empire wanted to position itself against the old, also ecclesiastical center of Milan. He is said to have built a monastery dedicated to St. Benedict in Milan, which was later used for poenitentes mulieres ( penitents ). Ughelli calls him under the name S. Benedictus Crispus Mediolanensis as the creator of the funerary inscription for the Anglo-Saxon King Ceadual, who was baptized in Rome by Pope Sergius I. Benedict is venerated as a saint in the Roman and Ambrosian rites .

Scriptures associated with his name

In his great work of ecclesiastical writings, Jacques Paul Migne not only edits the 3 writings associated with Benedict of Milan and S. Benedictus Crispus in Latin , but also provides comprehensive information by adding further texts about his life and reviews of previous editors.

Querimonia in Synodo, de Constantino Papa

Migne took this font from the church historian Giovanni Domenico Mansi. It is a vehement defense of Milan's ecclesiastical rights. A censura by the Italian scholar Ludovico Antonio Muratori is attached. This doubts the authorship of Benedict because of discrepancies regarding the lifetimes of the mentioned bishops.

Poematium Medicum

J.-P. Migne placed a text by the Italian philologist Angelo Mai in front of the medical didactic poem . He reports that he was the first to exclude the Poematium Medicum from two codices in the Vatican Library and that it goes back to Benedict of Milan. This secure allocation was not upheld, but the poem was nevertheless mentioned in connection with Benedict of Milan.

Epitaphium Ceadual

The poem on the tomb of Caedwalla , King of the West Saxons, is reproduced by Paulus Diaconus and Beda Venerabilis , but without Benedict of Milan being mentioned in this context. It is a praise of the king, his conversion to Christianity and his baptism by Sergius I. It was only in a description of Rome published in 1589 that the first attribution of the text to Benedict was preserved.

Text output

  • Jaques Paul Migne: Patrologia Latina , Volume 89, P. 361ff, Paris 1850.
  • Ioannes Val. Ullrich: S. Benedicti Crispi Commentarium Medicinale. Kizingen 1835.

literature

  • Paolo Bertolini:  Benedetto, santo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 8:  Bellucci – Beregan. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1966.
  • Jaques Paul Migne: Patrologia Latina , Volume 89, P. 361ff, Paris 1850.
  • Julius Pagel : History of Medicine in the Middle Ages. In: Handbook of the history of medicine , founded by Theodor Puschmann . Hildesheim - New York 1971.
  • Ferdinando Ughelli : Italia sacra sive de episcopis Italiae et insularum adjacentium, rebusque ab iis praeclare gestis, deducta serie ad nostram usque aetatem. Ed. secunda, aucta et emendata, vol. IV, Venetiis: Coleti 1719 - (reprint 1970)
  • Johannes Val. Ullrich: S. Benedicti Crispi Commentarium Medicinale. Auctoris vita. Kizingen 1835.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paolo Bertolini: Benedetto, santo in: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): DBI
  2. ↑ Julius Pagel: History of Medicine in the Middle Ages , p. 629
  3. ↑ a b santiebeati.it , Italian
  4. ↑ Paulus Diaconus: Historia Langobardorum , VI, 29
  5. ↑ Ughelli - Coleti: Italia Sacra, Volume 4, 1719. Columns 69-70 .
  6. ↑ Paolo Bertolini: Benedetto, santo in: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): DBI
  7. ^ Paulus Deacon: Historia Langobardorum , VI, 15
  8. ^ Beda Venerabilis: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , V, 7
  9. ^ Jacques Paul Migne: Patrologia Latina , Volume 89, p. 375, annotation
personal data
SURNAME Benedict of Milan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benedictus Mediolanensis; wrongly also Benedictus Crispus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Milan; ecclesiastical author; Saint
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 732
Place of death Milan