Alberic of Reims

ALBERICO di REIMS. - Medieval scholastic, d. 1141. He was a disciple of Anselmo di Laon, fellow disciple and opponent of Abelardo (Hist. calamitatum, cols. 4 and 9: PL. 178, 125 and 144); archdeacon and professor at the cathedral school of Reims, where he attracted a large number of pupils despite the obscurity of his teaching. Elected bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in 1126, Pope Onorio II refused, for reasons unknown, to confirm him, despite the intervention of s. Bernardo on his behalf (Epist. 15: PL. 182, 116). In 1136 he was elected archbishop of Bourges, encouraged and supported by Pope Innocenzo II (PL. 179, 278).

Of his works, only a letter to Gualtero di Mortagne has survived, concerning the essence of the marriage contract (E. Martène, U. Durand, Veterum Scriptorum... ampliss. collectio, II, Parigi 1720, col. 838).

BIBL.: Gallia Christiana, II, Parigi 1720, col. 49; IX, ivi 1751, col. 878; PP. Maurini, Histoire littéraire de la France, XII, nuova ed., Parigi 1896, pp. 72-76; Giovanni di Salisbury, Metalogica, ed. C. C. I. Webb, I, v, Oxford 1929, p. 18, 5. Giovanni Müller
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“ALBERICO DI REIMS.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 411. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/alberico-di-reims.