Lietbertus of Saint-Ruf

Lietbertus (Letbert, Lambert) of St. 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 St Ruf (the Liber ecclesiastici et canonici ordinis). These customs were based upon the monastic recommendations of St. 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 Lille collegiate church of St. Peter, which was dedicated in 1066 - hence his other cognomen, Letbert of Lille.

Notes

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^[1]

• Ursula Vones-Liebenstein, The Customaries of Saint-Ruf^[2]

External links

• Catholic Encyclopaedia

1. Vones-Liebenstein, U. (2016). "The Liber ecclesiastici et canonici ordinis of Lietbert of Saint-Ruf". Shaping Stability. Disciplina Monastica. Vol. 11. Leiden: Brill. pp. 175–204. doi:10.1484/M.DM-EB.5.111548. ISBN 978-2-503-56695-5.
2. Vones-Liebenstein, U. (2020). "The Customaries of Saint-Ruf". A Companion to Medieval Rules and Customaries. Turnhout: Brepols. pp. 155–191. doi:10.1163/9789004431546_007. ISBN 9789004431546. S2CID 234711452.