The Lives of Monastic Reformers 2: Abbot Vitalis of Savigny, Abbot Godfrey of Savigny, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo Volume 230

Bys: Feiss, Hugh and Sauvage, E. P.

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087907230X
• ISBN13: 9780879072308
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"