Paschasius Radbertus

Called Paschasius Radbertus also Ratpert or Ratbert of Corbie (c. 785; † about 865) was a Frankish Benedictine monk, abbot of Corbie and author of numerous theological writings. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, his feast day is April 26.

Life

The news about his life are sparse. They are found in scattered allusions in his own works, as well as in a poem of his pupil, the bishop of Soissons angel mode. A Vita from the 12th or 13th century is of little historical value.

He was brought up as an orphan in the nunnery of Soissons. Around the year 812, he entered the monastery of Corbie. With the abbots Adalhard and Wala he was acquainted and wrote their biographies. 844 he himself became abbot of Corbie, but resigned from his post by 851 and retired to Saint- Riquier Abbey.

According to recent research ( Klaus Zechiel -gon ) could be Paschasius Radbertus one of the authors of the Pseudo- Decretals.

Work (excerpts)

  • De corpore et sanguine Domini: His major work on the Eucharist, in which he represents the doctrine of transubstantiation. This work attracted considerable attention, but also rejection by Rabanus Maurus so, Gottschalk of Orbais and especially Ratramnus of Corbie, who published a font with the same name, but opposites position.
  • De partu Virginis: in that it emphasizes a work about the virgin birth, the inviolability of Mary's virginity during the birth process ( virginitas in partu ).
  • Comments to numerous Bible passages, such Gospel of Matthew, the Lamentations of Jeremiah and Psalm 45
  • Vita S. Adalhardi Abbatis Corbeiensis. Excerpts: Georg Heinrich Pertz et al (eds): Scriptores ( in folio ) 2: Scriptores rerum Sangallensium. Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini. Hannover 1829, pp. 524-532 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
  • Vita Walae Abbatis Corbeiensis. Excerpts: Georg Heinrich Pertz et al (eds): Scriptores ( in folio ) 2: Scriptores rerum Sangallensium. Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini. Hannover 1829, pp. 533-569 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
  • Letters. In: Epistolae ( Quart ) 6: Epistolae Karolini aevi (IV). Edited by Ernst Dümmler, Serious Perels inter alia, Berlin 1902, pp. 132-149 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
  • Poems. In: poetae Latini medii aevi 3: poetae Latini aevi Carolini (III). Edited by Ludwig Traube. Berlin 1886, pp. 38-53 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
Francia Order of Saint Benedict Corbie Abbey Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons Wala of Corbie Ludwig Traube (palaeographer) Georg Waitz Wilhelm Wattenbach Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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