Adso of Montier-en-Der
ADSO OF MONTIER-EN-DER
Benedictine author and teacher (called also Azo, Asso, Hermericus); b. Jura, France, first half of the tenth century; d. at sea, 992. He was a monk at Luxeuil, then schoolmaster at Saint-Evre (Aper) at Toul, and later abbot at Montier-en-Der (Haute-Marne) c. 960, before finally becoming abbot of Saint-Bénigne at Dijon. While on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he died at sea and was buried in the Cyclades. The friend of such important figures as abbo of fleury, Gerbert (later Pope sylvester ii), and Adalbero of Reims, Adso is remembered especially for his writings. The most important is De Antichristo (Patrologia Latina 101: 1291–98), among the writings attributed to alcuin; it is addressed to Gerberga, wife of Louis IV of France. He wrote about the lives of many saints, namely, St. Frodobert (Acta Sanctorum, Jan. 1:505–13), St. Mansuetus (Acta Sanctorum, Sept. 1:637–51), St. Basolus (Patrologia Latina 137:647–68), St. Bercharius (Acta Sanctorum, Oct. 7.2:1010–31), and St. Waldebert (Acta Sanctorum, May 1:282–87).
Bibliography: j. p. migne, ed., Patrologia Latina 137:599–700. Monumenta Germainae Historica (Scriptores) 4:487–90, 509–20. a. potthast, Bibliotheca historica medii aevi 1:16. e. martin, Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques 1:636. g. hocquard, Catholicisme 1:164–65. s. hilpisch, Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche 1:159.
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