Wandalbert von Prüm

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July from the Martyrology (around 850)

Wandalbert von Prüm (* 813 probably in France ; † 870 (?) In Prüm , Eifel ) was a Benedictine monk , deacon , theologian and poet .

Little is known of his personal history. At the latest 839 Wandalbert monk in the Abbey of Prüm , the most important at that time Monastery of the Carolingian . Abbot Markward von Prüm initially commissioned him to write the life story of Saint Goar - the book about the life and miracles of Saint Goar . Wandalbert then wrote, also in Latin , a martyrology in verse for Emperor Lothar I (finished in 848 or 849), a kind of liturgical calendar of saints for the church year . This work in particular has recently led to a rediscovery of Wandalbert's poetry: In the calendar poem attached to the actual martyrology, he wrote about the months , the seasons , rural life, hunting , fishing , fruit growing and viticulture throughout the year.

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In Prüm, a street and a secondary school are named after Wandalbert.

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SURNAME Wandalbert von Prüm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wandalbertus prumiensis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benedictine monk and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 813
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: France
DATE OF DEATH around 870
Place of death Prüm , Eifel