Lietbertus of Saint-Ruf

Lietbertus of Saint-Ruf was the abbot of Saint-Ruf, in the diocese of Avignon, from 1100 to 1110.^[1]

Letbert was the author of a commentary on the Psalms called Flores Psalmorum.^[2] He also wrote the customs for or of Saint-Ruf (the Liber ecclesiastici et canonici ordinis). These customs were based upon the monastic recommendations of Saint Augustine, and were a great influence on other houses of regular canons which would become the Augustinian Order.^[3][4]

Letbert was educated at the collegiate church of Saint Peter in Lille, which was dedicated in 1066 - hence his other cognomen, Letbert of Lille.

References

1. Gross-Diaz, Theresa (1996). The Psalms Commentary of Gilbert of Poitiers. Leiden: Brill. p. 117. ISBN 9789004247222.
2. "Historiated initial, Letbert of St.-Ruf, Flores Psalterii f.140r". British Library.
3. Meeson Morris, T. (1999). The Augustinian Use of Oseney Abbey: a study of the Oseney ordinal, processional and tonale (Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson c.939). Oxford: Oxford University.
4. Carrier, A. (1950). Coutumier du XI Siècle de l'Ordre de Saint-Ruf en usage à la cathédrale de Maguelone. Sherbrooke, Quebec.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Further reading

• Ursula Vones-Liebenstein: The Liber ecclesiastici et canonici ordinis of Lietbert of Saint-Ruf. In: Shaping Stability. Disciplina Monastica, Vol. 11. Leiden: Brill, 2016, ISBN 9782503566955, pp. 175–204 (online version)
• Ursula Vones-Liebenstein: The Customaries of Saint-Ruf. In: A Companion to Medieval Rules and Customaries, Brepols: Turnhout, 2020, ISBN 9789004431546, pp. 155–191 (online version; another link))

External links

• Catholic Encyclopaedia