Adso
Adso
Abbot of the Cluniac monastery of Moutier-en-Der, d. 992, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem; one of the foremost writers of the tenth century. Born of rich and noble parents, he was educated at the Abbey of Luxeuil, was called to Toul as instructor of the clergy, and made Abbot of Moutier-en-Der in 960. He was the friend of Gerbert, afterwards Silvester II, of Abbo of Fleury, and other famous men of his time. His writings include hymns, lives of saints, among them a life of St. Mansuetus, Bishop of Toul (485-509), a metrical rendering of the second book of the Dialogues of Gregory the Great, and a tractate De Antichristo in the form of a letter to Queen Gerberga, wife of Louis IV (d Outremer). This latter work has been attributed to Rabanus Maurus, Alcuin, and even to St. Augustine, and is quoted by Döllinger among other writings of the medieval conception of Antichrist. It is printed among the works of Alcuin (P.L., CI, 1289-93). The other writings of Adso axe also found in Migne (P.L., CXXXVI, 589-603).
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SCHRÖDL in Kirchenlex.; RIVET, Hist. Litt. de la France, VI. 471; D LLINGER, Prophecies and the Prophetic Spirit in the Christian Era (London. 1873), 83.
FRANCIS W. GREY
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
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Adso
(Azon, or Asson, known also as HERMERIUS, or HENRICUS), a French prelate, was born in the diocese of Chalons-sur-Marne, in the early part of the 10th century. He embraced the monastic life at Luxeuil, under the direction of the Benedictines. He succeeded, about 968, his friend Alberic as abbot of the monastery of Montier-en-Der. He labored earnestly for the spiritual and temporal welfare of the community, and, under the auspices of Mattasses; bishop of Troyes, undertook to regulate the psalmody and order of divine service throughout the diocese. He was employed for nearly two years by Bruno, bishop of Langres, in re establishing good order in the Monastery of St. Benignus of Dijon. He died at Chanmpagne in June, 992, while on a voyage to Jerusalem. His writings are, Vita S. Frodoberti Abbatis Primi Cellensis (in Mabillon, Annales Ord. Bened. ii, 626):- Vita S. Mansueti Scoti (the first part containing the life of Mansuetus [q.v.], and the second an account of his miracles):-Vita S. Apri (2 pts.):Vita S. Basili (in Mabillon, :ut sup. ii, 67): Vita S, Waldeberti (in Mabillon, vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 451):-Vita S. Bercharii Abbatis ( in Mabillon, ii, 831):- and a treatise,: De Antichristo, which is also attributed by some to Alcuin or Rabanus Maurus. See Cave, Hist. Lit. ii, 107; La France Litteraire, 6:471; Biog. Univ. vol. i; Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.