Edoardo D'Alençon - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. V, p. 74

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EDOARDO D'ALENÇON. – Capuchin historiographer, born at Alençon (Orne) on 10 April 1859, died in Rome on 1 September 1928. He entered religious life in the province of Paris on 6 January 1879, and was general archivist in Rome (1892–1914), as well as general definitor (1924–1926).

Among the best-known modern scholars of Franciscan history, he became a valued collaborator of the principal Franciscan historical journals and published numerous monographs, distinguished by documentary research and critical accuracy. He studied with particular preference the origins of Franciscanism (he published the work of Tommaso da Celano, S. Francisci ass. vita et miracula, addisti spacciuli liturgici, Rome 1906; Sacrum commercium b. Francisci cum domina Panpertate, extract from Anal. Ord. Min. Cap., 15 [1899]; Spicilegium franciscanum, ibid., 14–17 [1898–1901]; La légende de St François dite des Trois Compagnons, Paris 1903; Frère Jacqueline... de Settesoli, there 1899 and there Rome 1927; Les origines de la Portimoule et les diverses dénominationes, Paris 1904, etc.) and those of the Capuchin reform, which he presented on the basis of new documentation (De origine Min. Cap. Chronica Ioannis Romaei de Terranova, Rome 1908; Gian Pietro Carafa e la riforma nell'Ordine dei Min. dell'Osservatore, Foligno 1912; Tribulationes Ord. Min. Cap. [1534–41], Rome 1914; De primordiis Ord. Min. Cap. commentarium historicum [1525–

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1534], there 1921; Primigeniae legislationis Ord. Min. Cap. textus originales, there 1928; etc.). He illustrated interesting aspects of the Order’s activities and its members (Les premiers pompiers de Paris, Paris 1892; S. Laurentii Brundinini de rebus Austrias et Bohemiae commentariorum autographum, Rome 1910; Collegii S. Fidelis pro missionibus Ordinis conspectus historicus, there 1926; etc.) and collected a rich bibliographical material, still consulted today, of which he published several specimens (Bibliotheca Mariana Ord. Min. Cap., Rome 1910; Essai de bibliographie capucino-congulaine, in Neerlandia Franc., 1 [1914], pp. 33–42, 251–65; 2 [1919], pp. 101–26). Under the heading Frères Mineurs in the DThC, VI, cols. 509–63, he provides a learned compendium of the Franciscans’ literary production in the sacred disciplines. His example and method fostered the critical orientation of Franciscan historical research.

BIBL.: Jean de Dieu, Le révérendissime p. E. d'A., in Etudes Franc., 40 (1928), pp. 573–94; Le p. E. d'A., in Revue d'Hist. Franc., 5 (1928), pp. 412–18; P. Theobald, Le p. E. d'A., Paris 1928; Reverendissimus p. Edwardes Aleucaniensis, in Analecta Ord. Min. Cap., 45 (1929), pp. 21–26. Ilarino da Milano

EDOARDO [I] king of ENGLAND. – Firstborn son of King Alfredo il Grande, he reigned from 899 until 17 July 925, the year of his death. Although not as learned as his father, he was one of the foremost architects of national unity, having liberated much of England from the Danes.

When he ascended the throne, the kingdom was confined to the region of Wessex alone. But from 918 he undertook a campaign against the invaders, with the help of his sister Etelfleda, a courageous and bold woman, lady of English Mercia. While she conquered Derby and Leicester, E. liberated Northampton, Huntington, Cambridge, East Anglia and, in the following years, Stamford, Nottingham and Lincoln. The Scots also sought his friendship and protection.

He also earned distinction through the reorganization of the Church in the region of Wessex.

BIBL.: L. B. Beaven, The regnal dates of Alfred Edward the Elder and Athelstan, in The english historical review, 32 (1917), pp. 517–31; W. S. Angus, The chronology of the reign of Edward the Elder, ibid., 53 (1938), pp. 194–210; A. Fliche, L'Europe occidentale de 888 à 1125, Paris 1941, pp. 277–79.

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