Ansbald or Ansbold (died 12 July 886) was the abbot of Prüm from 860 until his death.
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Ansbald was a friend and correspondent of Lupus of Ferrières.[1] In a letter addressed to Abbot Markward of Prüm between 840 and 844, Lupus sends greetings to Ansbald, then just a monk at Prüm.[2] With Lupus, he worked on collating the writings of Cicero.[1] In a letter from September 847, Lupus thanks Ansbald for sending him copies of some of Cicero's letters and asks for a copy of Cicero's In Arato.[3]
Ansbald was elected to succeed Eigil as abbot in 860.[1][4] Lupus addressed two letters to him on 28/29 February 862 and 7 March 862.[4] In 861, King Lothair II granted him the right to a market and mint exempt from taxation at Romarivilla.[5] After 870, he was an important supporter of King Louis the German in Lotharingia.[6] On 12 April 870, Louis restored to Prüm lands near Bingen that had been seized by the rebellious count Werner.[7] In February 871, confirmed further lands to the abbey.[6]
In 882, Prüm was sacked by Vikings. Ansbald rebuilt it with aid from Emperor Charles the Fat. He died on 12 July 886 and was venerated as a saint.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Walsh 2007, p. 48.
- ^ Regenos 1966, p. 50. For the dating of Lupus' letters, see pp. 151–153.
- ^ Regenos 1966, p. 81.
- ^ a b Regenos 1966, p. 132.
- ^ Walsh 2007, p. 48. Lothair's charter is quoted in Thatcher 1905, pp. 579–580.
- ^ a b Goldberg 2006, p. 306n.
- ^ Goldberg 2006, p. 296.
Bibliography
edit- Goldberg, Eric J. (2006). Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817–876. Cornell University Press.
- Regenos, Graydon W., ed. (1966). The Letters of Lupus of Ferrières. Martinus Nijhoff.
- Tellenbach, Gerd (1962). "Der Konvent der Reichsabtei Prüm unter Abt Ansbald (860–886)" (PDF). In Werner Fleischhauer; Walter Grube; Paul Zinsmaier (eds.). Neue Beiträge zur südwestdeutschen Landesgeschichte: Festschrift für Max Miller, dargebracht v. Freunden und Kollegen. Stuttgart. pp. 1–10.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Thatcher, Oliver, ed. (1905). A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. Liturgical Press.