Ardo Smaragdus
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Ardo Smaragdus (died March 843 AD) was a hagiographer. He entered the monastery of Aniane in Hérault as a boy, probably as an oblate,[1] and was brought up by Benedict of Aniane. He was ordained a priest and made head of the monastery school.[2]
In 794, he accompanied Benedict to the Council of Frankfurt. and in 814, he replaced Benedict as abbot after the latter joined the imperial court at Aix-la-Chapelle.[2]
Smaragdus wrote a life of Benedict in 822, one of the most reliable hagiological productions of that period. He himself was honored as a saint at his monastery after his death.[2]
References
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- ↑ Kramer, Rutger. "Caesar et Abba Simul: Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane." Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire, Amsterdam University Press, 2019, pp. 169–214
- ↑ a b c Ott, Michael. "Ardo Smaragdus." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 23 September 2021
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Editions
- Ardo Smaragdus, Vita, Migne's Patrologia Latina, 103:353 sqq.;
- Cabaniss, Allen, trans. Benedict of Aniane: The Emperor's Monk, Ardo's Life. Foreword by Annette Grabowsky and Clemens Radl. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 2008. Pp. 112.