Saint Ardo Smaragdus | |
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| Died | March 843 Aniane, Hérault, France |
| Feast | 7 March[1] |
Ardo Smaragdus (died March 843 AD) was a hagiographer. He entered the monastery of Aniane in Hérault as a boy, probably as an oblate,[2] and was brought up by Benedict of Aniane. He was ordained a priest and made head of the monastery school.[3]
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.[3]
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.[3]
- ^ "Saint Ardo of Aniane". 6 March 2010.
- ^ 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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