Hildoard

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Hildoard or Hildo, [1] was bishop of Cambrai from 790 to 816.

He was a liturgical reformer, closely tied to the court of Charlemagne. [2] His sacramentary is the only surviving exact copy, made around 812, of the Sacramentarium Hadrianum, sent out by Pope Hadrian I to Charlemagne. [3] [4]

He restored Maubeuge Abbey. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hildoardus, Hildoward, Hildeguard, Hildus.
  2. ↑ Chazelle, Celia (2001-07-05). The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era: Theology and Art of Christ's Passion. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN   978-0-521-80103-4.
  3. ↑ Yitzhak Hen, Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481-751 (1995), note p. 58.
  4. ↑ John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, The Frankish Church (1983), p. 212.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2008-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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