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Adam of Courland

ADAMO DA COURLANDON

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Also known as: Adam of Courlandon; French: Adam de Courlandon; Latin: Adamus de Courlandon

ADAM OF COURLAND. - Liturgist, exegete and moralist, b. at Courlandon (Champagne), dean of the chapter of Laon from 1195, d. at Laon in 1233 or 1234.

From 1213 to 1217 he was held in prison by Enguerrand III, lord of Coucy, for having defended the rights of the church of Laon. In 1219 he reformed the liturgy and promoted the codification of the uses of that church (Ordinary edited by U. Chevalier). Having resigned as dean (1223), he held the office of cantor. He wrote biblical commentaries (Act., Mt., Pentateu, Quaestiones various) and many dissertations on moral theology. He dedicated his manuscripts (still unpublished, in the library of Laon) to Michael of Corbeil, archbishop of Sens, who had been his protector and predecessor at Laon.

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BIBL.: U. Chevalier, Bibliothèque liturgique, Paris 1897, pp. xviii-xxx and 189-384; G. Mollat, s. v. in DIIG, I, coll. 472-73.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 281.

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Romeo, Antonino. “Adamo da Courlandon.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 281. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/adamo-da-courlandon.

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Romeo, Antonino. “Adamo da Courlandon.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 281. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/adamo-da-courlandon.

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  author    = {Romeo, Antonino},
  title     = {Adamo da Courlandon},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {281},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/adamo-da-courlandon}
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