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'''Ado of Vienne''' ({{lang-la|Ado Viennensis}}, {{lang-fr|Adon de Vienne}}; died 16 December 874) was [[archbishop of Vienne]] in [[Lotharingia]] from 850 until his death and is venerated as a saint.<ref>Charles Louis Richard: ''Bibliothèque sacrée'' (Boiste fils ainé, 1822).</ref><ref>[[René François Rohrbacher]], Auguste-Henri Dufour: ''Histoire universelle de l'Église Catholique'', Volume 12 (Gaume Frères, 1857)</ref> He belonged to a prominent [[Franks|Frankish]] family and spent much his early adulthood in [[Italy]]. Several of his letters are extant and reveal their writer as an energetic man of wide sympathies and considerable influence. Ado's principal works are a [[martyrology]],<ref>printed inter al. in [[Jacques-Paul Migne|Migne]], ''[[Patrologia latina]]'', cxxiii, pp. 181-420; append, pp. 419-436</ref> and a chronicle, ''Chronicon sive Breviarium chronicorum de sex mundi aetatibus de Adamo usque ad annum 869''.<ref>In Migne, cxxiii, pp. 20-138, and [[Pertz]], ''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica]]'' ii, pp. 315-323 (excerpts).</ref><ref>Adonis, ''Chronique universelle'' (Rome, 1745, in-fol.</ref><ref name="EB1911"/>
'''Ado''' (died 16 December 874) was a [[Franks|Frankish]] churchman and writer. He served as the [[archbishop of Vienne]] from 850 until his death and is venerated as a saint. His writings include [[hagiography]] and [[historiography]].<ref>Charles Louis Richard: ''Bibliothèque sacrée'' (Boiste fils ainé, 1822).</ref><ref>[[René François Rohrbacher]], Auguste-Henri Dufour: ''Histoire universelle de l'Église Catholique'', Volume 12 (Gaume Frères, 1857)</ref>


==Early life==
==Life==
Born into a noble family, he was sent as a child for his education, first to Sigulfe, [[Ferrières Abbey|abbot of Ferrières]], and then to Marcward, [[Prüm Abbey|abbot of Prüm]] near [[Trier]]. After the death of Marcward in 853, Ado went to [[Rome]] where he stayed for nearly five years, and then to [[Ravenna]], after which [[Remigius of Lyon|Remy]], [[archbishop of Lyon]], gave him the parish of [[Saint-Romain, Vienne|Saint-Romain]] near Vienne. The following year he was elected archbishop of Vienne and dedicated in August or September 860, despite opposition from [[Girart de Roussillon]], [[Count of Paris]], and his wife Berthe.<ref>Thomas Mermet: ''Histoire de la ville de Vienne'' ([archive] Firmin Didot, 1833)</ref>
Ado belonged to a prominent noble family. He was sent while still a child for his education, first to Sigulf, [[Ferrières Abbey|abbot of Ferrières]], and then to Marcward, [[Prüm Abbey|abbot of Prüm]]. After the death of Marcward in 853, Ado went to [[Rome]] where he stayed for nearly five years, and then to [[Ravenna]], after which [[Remigius of Lyon|Remy]], [[archbishop of Lyon]], gave him the parish of [[Saint-Romain, Vienne|Saint-Romain]] near Vienne. The following year he was elected archbishop of Vienne and dedicated in August or September 860, despite opposition from [[Girart de Roussillon|Girard]], [[Count of Paris]], and his wife Bertha.<ref>Thomas Mermet: ''Histoire de la ville de Vienne'' ([archive] Firmin Didot, 1833)</ref>


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Ado participated in the [[Council of Tousy]], near [[Toul]] in Lorraine, on 22 October 860, and held a {{ill|Councils of Vienne|lt=council at Vienne|fr|Conciles de Vienne}} in 870. After his death on 16 December 876, his body was buried in the Church of the Apostles in Vienne, now called St. Peter's Church, the usual place of burial of the archbishops of Vienne. His feast day is celebrated on 16 December.
==Episcopal career==

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Ado participated in the [[Council of Tousy]], near [[Toul]] in Lorraine, on 22 October 860, and held a council at Vienne in 870. After his death on 16 December 876, his body was buried in the Church of the Apostles in Vienne, now called St. Peter's Church, the usual place of burial of the archbishops of Vienne. His feast day is celebrated on 16 December.
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The [[Royal Library, Denmark|Royal Library of Copenhagen]] preserves an unedited [[martyrology]] which dates back to the 11th century and comes from the Abbey of [[Santa Maria, Serrateix]], with information on Ado of Vienne, the [[Rule of Saint Benedict]] and other abbots and monks of that time.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Josep|last1=M. Masnou|url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Miscellania/article/view/82011|title=Els Necrologis de Sarrateix|language=Spanish|journal=Miscellània Litúrgica Catalana|volume=21|year=2013|pages=115–50|issn=2013-4010|oclc=945640521|format=pdf|publisher=Catalunian society of Liturgical Studies|location=Barcellona|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210530152208/http://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/MLC/article/viewFile/139579/138204|archive-date=30 May 2021|url-status=live|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>

==Works==
Several of his letters are extant and reveal their writer as an energetic man of wide sympathies and considerable influence. Ado's principal works are a [[martyrology]],<ref>printed inter al. in [[Jacques-Paul Migne|Migne]], ''[[Patrologia latina]]'', cxxiii, pp. 181-420; append, pp. 419-436</ref> and a chronicle, ''Chronicon sive Breviarium chronicorum de sex mundi aetatibus de Adamo usque ad annum 869''.<ref>In Migne, cxxiii, pp. 20-138, and [[Pertz]], ''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica]]'' ii, pp. 315-323 (excerpts).</ref><ref>Adonis, ''Chronique universelle'' (Rome, 1745, in-fol.</ref><ref name="EB1911"/>


==Writings==
Ado's chronicle is based on that of [[Bede]], with which he combines extracts from the ordinary sources, forming the whole into a consecutive narrative founded on the conception of the unity of the [[Roman Empire]], which he traces in the succession of the emperors, [[Charlemagne]] and his heirs following immediately after [[Constantine VI]] and [[Irene (empress)|Irene]]. "It is," says [[Wilhelm Wattenbach]], "history from the point of view of authority and preconceived opinion, which exclude any independent judgment of events."<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Ado|volume=1|page=210}} Endnotes:
Ado's chronicle is based on that of [[Bede]], with which he combines extracts from the ordinary sources, forming the whole into a consecutive narrative founded on the conception of the unity of the [[Roman Empire]], which he traces in the succession of the emperors, [[Charlemagne]] and his heirs following immediately after [[Constantine VI]] and [[Irene (empress)|Irene]]. "It is," says [[Wilhelm Wattenbach]], "history from the point of view of authority and preconceived opinion, which exclude any independent judgment of events."<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Ado|volume=1|page=210}} Endnotes:
* Wattenbach, W. ''Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen'', Vol. I. (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1904).</ref>
* Wattenbach, W. ''Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen'', Vol. I. (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1904).</ref>


Ado wrote also a book on the [[miracle]]s (''[[Miracula]]'') of [[Bernard of Vienne|Saint Bernard]], archbishop of Vienne (9th century), published in the [[Bollandist]] ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''; a life or ''martyrium'' of [[Desiderius of Vienne|Saint Desiderius]], bishop of Vienne (d. 608);<ref>Written about 870 and published in Migne, cxxiii, pp. 435-442.</ref> and a life of [[:fr:Theudère de Vienne|Saint Theudericus]] of Vienne, otherwise known as Theudericus of the Dauphinê, abbot of [[Saint-Chef]] near Vienne (563).<ref name="EB1911"/><ref>Published in [[Jean Mabillon|Mabillon]], ''Acta Sanct.'' i, pp. 678-681, Migne, cxxiii, pp. 443-450, and revised in the Bollandist ''Acta Sanctorum'', 29 October, xii, pp. 840-843.</ref>
Ado wrote also a book on the [[miracle]]s of [[Bernard of Vienne|Saint Bernard]], archbishop of Vienne (9th century), published in the [[Bollandist]] ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''; a life or ''martyrium'' of [[Desiderius of Vienne|Saint Desiderius]], bishop of Vienne (d. 608);<ref>Written about 870 and published in Migne, cxxiii, pp. 435-442.</ref> and a life of Saint [[Theuderius]] of Vienne, otherwise known as Theudericus of the Dauphinê, abbot of [[Saint-Chef]] near Vienne (563).<ref name="EB1911"/><ref>Published in [[Jean Mabillon|Mabillon]], ''Acta Sanct.'' i, pp. 678-681, Migne, cxxiii, pp. 443-450, and revised in the Bollandist ''Acta Sanctorum'', 29 October, xii, pp. 840-843.</ref>

==Sources==
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The [[Royal Library of Copenhaguen]] preserves an unedited [[martirology]] which dates nack to the 11<sup>th</sup> century and comes from the Abbey of [[Santa Maria, Serrateix]] with informations of Ado of Vienna, the Regula of saint Benedict and other abbots and monks of that time.<ref>{{cite publication|first1=Josep|last1= M. Masnou|url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Miscellania/article/view/82011|title=Els Necrologis de Sarrateix|language=Spanish|journal=Miscellània Litúrgica Catalana|volume=21|year=2013|page=115-50|issn=2013-4010 |oclc=945640521|format=pdf|publisher=Catalunian society of Liturgical Studies|location=Barcellona|archive-url=https://archive.is/hgnqa|archive-date=May 30, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Notes==
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Ado (died 16 December 874) was a Frankish churchman and writer. He served as the archbishop of Vienne from 850 until his death and is venerated as a saint. His writings include hagiography and historiography.[1][2]

Life

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Ado belonged to a prominent noble family. He was sent while still a child for his education, first to Sigulf, abbot of Ferrières, and then to Marcward, abbot of Prüm. After the death of Marcward in 853, Ado went to Rome where he stayed for nearly five years, and then to Ravenna, after which Remy, archbishop of Lyon, gave him the parish of Saint-Romain near Vienne. The following year he was elected archbishop of Vienne and dedicated in August or September 860, despite opposition from Girard, Count of Paris, and his wife Bertha.[3]

Ado participated in the Council of Tousy, near Toul in Lorraine, on 22 October 860, and held a council at Vienne [fr] in 870. After his death on 16 December 876, his body was buried in the Church of the Apostles in Vienne, now called St. Peter's Church, the usual place of burial of the archbishops of Vienne. His feast day is celebrated on 16 December.

The Royal Library of Copenhagen preserves an unedited martyrology which dates back to the 11th century and comes from the Abbey of Santa Maria, Serrateix, with information on Ado of Vienne, the Rule of Saint Benedict and other abbots and monks of that time.[4]

Works

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Several of his letters are extant and reveal their writer as an energetic man of wide sympathies and considerable influence. Ado's principal works are a martyrology,[5] and a chronicle, Chronicon sive Breviarium chronicorum de sex mundi aetatibus de Adamo usque ad annum 869.[6][7][8]

Ado's chronicle is based on that of Bede, with which he combines extracts from the ordinary sources, forming the whole into a consecutive narrative founded on the conception of the unity of the Roman Empire, which he traces in the succession of the emperors, Charlemagne and his heirs following immediately after Constantine VI and Irene. "It is," says Wilhelm Wattenbach, "history from the point of view of authority and preconceived opinion, which exclude any independent judgment of events."[8]

Ado wrote also a book on the miracles of Saint Bernard, archbishop of Vienne (9th century), published in the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum; a life or martyrium of Saint Desiderius, bishop of Vienne (d. 608);[9] and a life of Saint Theuderius of Vienne, otherwise known as Theudericus of the Dauphinê, abbot of Saint-Chef near Vienne (563).[8][10]

Notes

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  1. ^ Charles Louis Richard: Bibliothèque sacrée (Boiste fils ainé, 1822).
  2. ^ René François Rohrbacher, Auguste-Henri Dufour: Histoire universelle de l'Église Catholique, Volume 12 (Gaume Frères, 1857)
  3. ^ Thomas Mermet: Histoire de la ville de Vienne ([archive] Firmin Didot, 1833)
  4. ^ M. Masnou, Josep (2013). "Els Necrologis de Sarrateix" (pdf). Miscellània Litúrgica Catalana (in Spanish). 21. Barcellona: Catalunian society of Liturgical Studies: 115–50. ISSN 2013-4010. OCLC 945640521. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ^ printed inter al. in Migne, Patrologia latina, cxxiii, pp. 181-420; append, pp. 419-436
  6. ^ In Migne, cxxiii, pp. 20-138, and Pertz, Monumenta Germaniae Historica ii, pp. 315-323 (excerpts).
  7. ^ Adonis, Chronique universelle (Rome, 1745, in-fol.
  8. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ado". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 210. Endnotes:
    • Wattenbach, W. Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen, Vol. I. (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1904).
  9. ^ Written about 870 and published in Migne, cxxiii, pp. 435-442.
  10. ^ Published in Mabillon, Acta Sanct. i, pp. 678-681, Migne, cxxiii, pp. 443-450, and revised in the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum, 29 October, xii, pp. 840-843.
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