Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran

In the XIth century, after the restoration of the abbey of Fontenelle, its monks launched a large hagiographical project in order to remedy the shortage of relics which they faced. Deprived of saint Wandrille’s body, their choice fell on saint Vulfran, archbishop of S...

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Main Author: Lucile Tran-Duc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2008-03-01
Series:Tabularia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/690
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description In the XIth century, after the restoration of the abbey of Fontenelle, its monks launched a large hagiographical project in order to remedy the shortage of relics which they faced. Deprived of saint Wandrille’s body, their choice fell on saint Vulfran, archbishop of Sens and monk of Fontenelle, who had already benefited from a cult, in Fontenelle, before the Scandinavian invasions. Two texts were written: the Inventio et miracula sancti Vulfranni and the Miracula sancti Vulfranni. By examinating both texts, the author proposes to explore the monks’ motivations behind their writing and the significance of the monks’ appropriation of saint Vulfran’s memory.
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spelling doaj.art-ff99099ff948436d8d1b0134cbe4a2632022-12-22T03:45:02ZengOpenEditionTabularia1630-73642008-03-0110.4000/tabularia.690Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint VulfranLucile Tran-DucIn the XIth century, after the restoration of the abbey of Fontenelle, its monks launched a large hagiographical project in order to remedy the shortage of relics which they faced. Deprived of saint Wandrille’s body, their choice fell on saint Vulfran, archbishop of Sens and monk of Fontenelle, who had already benefited from a cult, in Fontenelle, before the Scandinavian invasions. Two texts were written: the Inventio et miracula sancti Vulfranni and the Miracula sancti Vulfranni. By examinating both texts, the author proposes to explore the monks’ motivations behind their writing and the significance of the monks’ appropriation of saint Vulfran’s memory.http://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/690St-Wandrille abbey (Fontenelle)Vulfran (Saint)hagiographical textInventio et miracula sancti VulfranniMiracula sancti Vulfrannirelics
spellingShingle Lucile Tran-Duc
Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran
Tabularia
St-Wandrille abbey (Fontenelle)
Vulfran (Saint)
hagiographical text
Inventio et miracula sancti Vulfranni
Miracula sancti Vulfranni
relics
title Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran
title_full Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran
title_fullStr Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran
title_full_unstemmed Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran
title_short Une entreprise hagiographique au XIe  siècle dans l'abbaye de Fontenelle : le renouveau du culte de saint Vulfran
title_sort une entreprise hagiographique au xie siecle dans l abbaye de fontenelle le renouveau du culte de saint vulfran
topic St-Wandrille abbey (Fontenelle)
Vulfran (Saint)
hagiographical text
Inventio et miracula sancti Vulfranni
Miracula sancti Vulfranni
relics
url http://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/690
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