medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Tuesday, September 5, 2006, at 5:30 am, John Briggs wrote:
> Bertin
> (S. Bertini, abbatis)
Bertin (d. ca. 698). A native of Constance, B. was a monk of Luxeuil
who in about the year 642 helped found a monastery at Sithiu near the
the river Aa in Flanders and who became its abbot in 661. His sanctity
was recognized shortly after his death; the abbey, which was soon named
for him, flourished throughout the Middle Ages. Well known to students
of the western Middle Ages for its ninth-century _Annals_, it was
rebuilt in the thirteenth century and is now a ruin. The town of
St.-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) grew up next to it.
An illustrated, English-language page on the abbey of St.-Bertin is here:
http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/visit/visit-stomer-bertinsabbey.htm
Best,
John Dillon
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