ADEMARO of MONTEIL. — Bishop of Le Puy, in the first half of the 11th century. He was first a knight, then entered the clergy and around 1061 became bishop of Le Puy. He took part in the Council of Clermont and was appointed by Urban II as apostolic legate for the First Crusade. He set out for the Holy Land with the army commanded by Raymond, Count of Toulouse. He took part in many expeditions and sought in every way to preserve the religious character of the crusade and to keep it on the path to the Holy Sepulchre. He died of plague at Antioch on 1 August 1098. Alberic of Trois-Fontaines attributed the *Salve Regina* to him (MGH, *Scriptores*, XXIII, p. 828). Tasso includes him in *Gerusalemme Liberata*, Cantos I, II, XVIII.
BIBL.: *Gallia Christiana*, II, Paris 1720, pp. 701-703; L. Bréhier, s.V. in *DHG*, I, cols. 552-55. Emma Santovito