FLODOARDO of REIMS. - Historian, b. in 894, d. 28 March 966. He was a pupil at the archiepiscopal school of Reims, then deacon of the Cathedral and archivist. In the conflict between the archbishops Ugo di Vermandois and Artaldo, he defended the latter, with whom he attended the Synod of Ingelheim (948). Under Leone VII (936–39) he visited Rome. In 951 he was elected bishop by the people of Noyon, but the election was annulled by King Luigi IV. It is uncertain whether in old age he became a monk.
His principal work is the Annales, covering the years 919 to 966, an important source for the history of France, Italy, and Germany. Editions are in MGH, Scriptores, III, pp. 363-408, and the more recent Ph. Lauer, Les Annales de Flodoard, Parigi 1905, with a good introduction. He also composed a Historia Remensis Ecclesiae, down to 948, valuable above all for the documents it collects: the edition is in MGH, Scriptores, XIII, pp. 405-599. Three of his major poems are collected in PL 135, 491 ff.