Also known as:
French: Guerric d'Igny;
Latin: Guerricus Igniacensis, Guerricus de Igny
GUERRIC OF IGNY (OF TOURNAI), Blessed. - Aesthetic writer and Cistercian abbot, b. at Tournai ca. 1075, d. at Igny (diocese of Reims) on 19 Aug. 1157. A disciple of Odo of Cambrai (v.), he was soon appointed canon and "magister scholarum" of Tournai. Fascinated by a conversation with St. Bernard, ca. 1123 he became a monk at Clairvaux, whence, in 1138, he moved, by the Saint's wish, to Igny as abbot. The cult of G. was approved, in 1899, by the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
His exegetical writings (Postillae super Psalmos, Commentaria in Mt., in Paul., in epistolas canonicas) are lost. There remain: De languore animae amantis, of slight value, and the Sermones de tempore (Pl. 185, 11-214), to which G.'s fame is tied. Composed in a polished Latin, suffused with singular sweetness, while developing Marian and Christological themes dear to St. Bernard, they are rich in personal insights, truly worthy of Mabillon's commendation: "bernardinis stilo et pietate affines, non minori reverentia legendi" (Pracatio: Pl. 185, 9).
Bibliography6 worksP. L. Péchenard, Histoire de l'abbaye d'Igny, Reims 1883, passim: J. Beller, Le bienheureux G., ivi 1890; M. Gatterer, Der Sölige Guerricus,
BIBL.: P. L. Péchenard, Histoire de l'abbaye d'Igny, Reims 1883, passim: J. Beller, Le bienheureux G., ivi 1890; M. Gatterer, Der Sölige Guerricus, Abt von Igny, und seine Sermones, in Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie, 19 (1892), pp. 35-90 (prezioso); D. De Wilde, De beato G. eiusque doctrina de formatione Christi in nobis, Westmalle 1935 (dotta monografia), a pp. 24-25 elenco dei manoscritti e delle edizioni dei Sermones; a pp. 189-96 nuova e più accurata edizione del De languore, basata sul Codex Duenensis del sec. XII; J. de Ghellinck, L'essor de la littérature latine au XIIe siècle, I, Bruxelles-Parigi 1946, pp. 189, 219; A. Piolanti, Mater unitatis: de spirituali Virginis maternitate sec. nonnullos saec. XII scriptores, in Marianum, 11 (1949), pp. 423-39.
Piolanti, Antonio. “Guerrico d'Igny (Di Tournai), beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1249. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guerrico-d-igny-di-tournai-beato.
MLA
Piolanti, Antonio. “Guerrico d'Igny (Di Tournai), beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1249. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guerrico-d-igny-di-tournai-beato.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_guerrico_d_igny_di_tournai_bea,
author = {Piolanti, Antonio},
title = {Guerrico d'Igny (Di Tournai), beato},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1249},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guerrico-d-igny-di-tournai-beato}
}
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