Alberic of Monte Cassino

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Alberic of Monte Cassino was a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, who died in 1088. He was a cardinal from 1057.

He was (perhaps) a native of Trier, and became a Benedictine. He successfully opposed the teachings of Berengarius, which were considered heretical by the Pope, defending the measures of Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy.[1]

Life and ministry

He is the author of numerous works in theology, hagiography, grammar, rhetoric and music; and is the author of the earliest medieval treatise on ars dictaminis, or letter-writing (De dictamine). Many of his letters are found in the works of Peter Damian.[2]

One of his pupils, John of Gaeta, was the future Pope Gelasius II.[3]

References

  1. 1."Alberic of Monte Cassino – Medieval Digital Resources". mdr-maa.org. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  2. 2.Patrologia Latina, CXLV, 621-634.
  3. 3.I. S. Robinson, The Papacy 1073-1198 (1990), p. 214.