Paschasius Radbertus

Paschasius Radbertus , also called Ratpert or Ratbert von Corbie , (* around 785, † around 865) was a Franconian Benedictine monk , Abbot of Corbie and author of numerous theological writings. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, and his feast day is April 26th.

Life

Corbie Abbey

The news about his life is sparse. They can be found scattered in allusions in his own works, as well as in a poem of praise by his pupil, the Bishop Engelmodus of Soissons . A vita from the 12th or 13th century is of little historical value.

Paschasius ("the Easter one") was raised as an orphan in the Soissons nunnery. Around the year 812 he entered the Corbie monastery. He was on friendly terms with the abbots Adalhard and Wala and wrote their vitae. In 844 he became abbot of Corbie himself, but resigned from his office around 851 and retired to the monastery of Saint-Riquier .

According to recent research ( Klaus Zechiel-Eckes ), Paschasius Radbertus could be one of the authors of the pseudoisidoric decretals .

Work (excerpts)

De corpore et sanguine Domini : His main work on the Eucharist , in which he represents the doctrine of transubstantiation . This work received a lot of attention, but also rejection, for example by Rabanus Maurus , Gottschalk von Orbais and above all Ratramnus von Corbie , who published a work with the same name but a different point of view.
De partu Virginis : A work on the virgin birth , in which he emphasizes the inviolability of the virginity of Mary during the birth process ( virginitas in partu ).
Commentaries on numerous biblical passages, such as the Gospel of Matthew , the Lamentations of Jeremiah and Psalm 45
Vita S. Adalhardi abbatis Corbeiensis . Excerpts in: Georg Heinrich Pertz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 2: Scriptores rerum Sangallensium. Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini. Hannover 1829, pp. 524–532 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Vita Walae abbatis Corbeiensis . Excerpts in: Georg Heinrich Pertz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 2: Scriptores rerum Sangallensium. Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini. Hanover 1829, pp. 533–569 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Letters . In: Epistolae (in quart) 6: Epistolae Karolini aevi (IV). Edited by Ernst Dümmler , Ernst Perels a . a. Berlin 1902, pp. 132–149 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Poems . In: Poetae Latini medii aevi 3: Poetae Latini aevi Carolini (III). Published by Ludwig Traube . Berlin 1886, pp. 38–53 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Complete edition: Sancti Paschasii Radberti ... Opera Omnia , Primary Source Edition (English), after Jacques-Paul Migne Patrologia Latina , Nabu Press 2014, ISBN 1293576271

literature

Ernst Ludwig Dümmler : Radbertus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 108-110.
Johannes Madey: Paschasius Radbertus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1194-1196. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Literature by and about Paschasius Radbertus in the catalog of the German National Library
Paschasius Radbertus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Image of Paschasius Radbertus with Beda Venerabilis from Codex Guelferbytanus 1030 Helmstadiensis

Digitized manuscripts in Swiss libraries

Remarks

↑ Angel modes Carmina III. Cuius supra ad Ratbertum abbatem. In: Poetae Latini medii aevi 3: Poetae Latini aevi Carolini (III). Published by Ludwig Traube . Berlin 1886, pp. 62–66 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
↑ De Radberto Paschasio abbate Corbeiensi . In: Georg Waitz , Wilhelm Wattenbach u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 15.1: Supplementa tomorum I-XII, pars III. Supplementum tomi XIII pars I. Hannover 1887, pp. 452–454 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
^ Klaus Zechiel-Eckes: Two working manuscripts of Pseudoisidor (Codd. St. Petersburg F. v. I. 11 and Paris lat. 11611). In: Francia 27.1 (2000), pp. 205-210; Ders .: A look into Pseudoisidor's workshop. Studies on the creation process of the false decretals. With an exemplary editorial appendix (pseudo-Julius to the oriental bishops, JK +196). In: Francia 28.1 (2001), pp. 37-90; Ders .: On Pseudoisidor's trail. Or: try to lift a thick veil. In: Wilfried Hartmann, Gerhard Schmitz (ed.): Progress through counterfeiting? Origin, shape and effects of the pseudoisidoric forgeries. Contributions to the symposium of the same name at the University of Tübingen on July 27 and 28, 2001. Hannover 2002, pp. 1–28; Ders .: Counterfeiting as a means of political debate. Louis the Pious (814–840) and the genesis of the pseudoisidoric decretals. Paderborn 2011. - Counterfeiting as a political tool? Pseudoisidor in the Light of New Research , ed. by Karl Ubl and Daniel Ziemann, memorial for Klaus Zechiel-Eckes; Harrassowitz publishing house, Wiesbaden 2015; 268 p., Ill. ( Monumenta Germaniae historica, Studies and Texts , 57); ISBN 978-3-447-10335-0

personal data
SURNAME	Paschasius Radbertus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ratpert by Corbie, Ratbert by Corbie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Frankish Benedictine, theologian and Abbot of Corbie
DATE OF BIRTH	at 785
DATE OF DEATH	around 865

[1] Angel modes Carmina III. Cuius supra ad Ratbertum abbatem. In: Poetae Latini medii aevi 3: Poetae Latini aevi Carolini (III). Published by Ludwig Traube . Berlin 1886, pp. 62–66 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

[2] De Radberto Paschasio abbate Corbeiensi . In: Georg Waitz , Wilhelm Wattenbach u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 15.1: Supplementa tomorum I-XII, pars III. Supplementum tomi XIII pars I. Hannover 1887, pp. 452–454 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

[3] Klaus Zechiel-Eckes: Two working manuscripts of Pseudoisidor (Codd. St. Petersburg F. v. I. 11 and Paris lat. 11611). In: Francia 27.1 (2000), pp. 205-210; Ders .: A look into Pseudoisidor's workshop. Studies on the creation process of the false decretals. With an exemplary editorial appendix (pseudo-Julius to the oriental bishops, JK +196). In: Francia 28.1 (2001), pp. 37-90; Ders .: On Pseudoisidor's trail. Or: try to lift a thick veil. In: Wilfried Hartmann, Gerhard Schmitz (ed.): Progress through counterfeiting? Origin, shape and effects of the pseudoisidoric forgeries. Contributions to the symposium of the same name at the University of Tübingen on July 27 and 28, 2001. Hannover 2002, pp. 1–28; Ders .: Counterfeiting as a means of political debate. Louis the Pious (814–840) and the genesis of the pseudoisidoric decretals. Paderborn 2011. - Counterfeiting as a political tool? Pseudoisidor in the Light of New Research , ed. by Karl Ubl and Daniel Ziemann, memorial for Klaus Zechiel-Eckes; Harrassowitz publishing house, Wiesbaden 2015; 268 p., Ill. ( Monumenta Germaniae historica, Studies and Texts , 57); ISBN 978-3-447-10335-0