Geoffroy du Breuil

Geoffroy du Breuil, also called Geoffroy de Vigeois, (lat: Gaufredus or Galfredus, † 1184 ) was a French clergyman and chronicler of the 12th century.

Gottfried came from a gentry family of Limousin and joined the Order of the Benedictines at the Abbey of Saint -Martial of Limoges at. In 1170 he became a monk in the priory La Souterraine and 1178 he was elected prior of the monastery cell of Saint-Pierre Vigeois. He died in 1184 or shortly thereafter.

He wrote a the years 994-1184 comprehensive chronicle, in which he devoted himself to the first crusade and the regional history among others. Gottfried was the first chronicler of the term " Albigenses " ( hæreticos Albigenses ) used in an entry for the year 1181 for the community of faith of the Cathars, as he located the town of Albi as their place of origin.

Swell

  • Chronica Gaufredi coenobitæ monasterii D. Martialis Lemovicensis ac prioris Voisiensis coenobii, ed. by Philippe Labbe in Nova Bibliotheca manuscriptorum Vol 2 (1657 ), pp. 279-342
  • Ex Chronico Gaufredi coenobitæ, in: Recueil des Historiens the Gauls et de la France ( RHGF ) Vol 12 (1781 ), pp. 421-451
  • Gaufredi Prioris Vosiensis, Pars Altera Chronici Lemovicensis, in: RHGF Vol 18 (1822 ), pp. 211-223
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