Abbot Vitalis of Savigny, Abbot Godfrey of Savigny, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo / introduced, translated and edited by Hugh Feiss, OSB, Maureen M. O'Brien, Ronald Pepin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feiss, Hugh.

O'Brien, Maureen M.

Pepin, Ronald E.

Series:

Cistercian studies series. Lives of monastic reformers ; 2.

Cistercian studies series ; no. 230.

The lives of monastic reformers ; 2

Cistercian studies series

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Abbaye de Savigny (Savigny, Manche, France)--Biography.

Abbaye de Savigny (Savigny, Manche, France).

Cistercians--France--Savigny (Manche)--Biography.

Cistercians.

Benedictines--France--Savigny (Manche)--Biography.

Benedictines.

Vitalis, of Savigny, Saint, -1122.

Vitalis.

Godfrey, of Savigny, Abbot, active 1122-1138.

Godfrey.

Peter, of Avranches.

Peter.

Hamo, Blessed.

Hamo.

France--Savigny (Manche).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Cistercian Publications ; Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the original Latin.

Summary:

"This volume offers translations of the twelfth-century Latin vitae of four monks of the Monastery of Savigny: Abbot Vitalis, Abbot Godfrey, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo. Founded in 1113 by Vitalis of Mortain, an influential hermit-preacher, Savigny expanded to a congregation of thirty monasteries under his successor Godfrey (1122-1138). In 1147, the entire congregation joined the Cistercian Order. Around 1172, two monks of Savigny, Peter of Avranches and Hamo, friends but very different personalities, died. Their stories were told in two further vitae.The vitae of these four men exemplify the variety of people and movements found in the monastic ferment of the twelfth century. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Life of Blessed Vitalis of Savigny 41

Introduction 43

Life 51

The Life of Holy Godfrey, the Second Abbot of Savigny 95

Introduction 97

Life 103

The Life of Blessed Peter of Avranches, Moyik of Savigny 131

Introduction 133

Life 137

The Life of Blessed Hamo, Monk of the Monastery of Savigny 163

Introduction 165

Life 169.

Notes:

The vita of Abbot Vitalis was written by Stephen of Fougères; the remaining three vitae are anonymous.

"All four of these lives are translated from editions of E.P. Sauvage, the vitae of Vitalis and Godfrey from "Vitae BB. Vitalis et Gaufridi, primi et secundi abbatum Saviniacensium in Normannia," Analecta Bollandiana 1 (1882): 355-410, and the vitae of Peter of Avranches and Hamo "Vitae B. Petri Abrincensis et B. Hamonis monachorum coenobii Saviniacensis," Analecta Bollandiana 2 (1883): 475-560."--Title page verso.

Contains:

Etienne, de Fougères, Bishop of Rennes, -1178. Vita S. Vitalis. English.

Vita Gaufridi. English.

Vita B. Petri Abrincensis. English.

Vita B. Hamonis. English.

ISBN:

9780879072308

087907230X

OCLC:

883206994