Fulcoius of Beauvais
FULCOIUS OF BEAUVAIS
Archdeacon, writer of Latin verse; fl. during the last half of the 11th century; b. Beauvais; d. Meaux, France. He composed three volumes of verse: Uter (epitaphs and letters), Neuter (lives of SS. Agil, Blandinus, Faro, and Maurus), and Uterque (Biblical narrative of Christ and His Church). Fulcoius's letters to ecclesiastical and political leaders reflect the moral-ethical condition of the time and show the nature of the obstacles facing Pope gregory vii in his reform. Familiarity with classical poets and the Church Fathers adds charm and value to his work, meriting for Fulcoius a place in the history of medieval poetry.
Bibliography: fulcoius of beauvais, Utriusque de nuptiis Christi et ecclesiae libri septem, ed. m. i. j. rousseau (Washington 1960). Manitius 3:836–840. a. boutemy, "Essai de chronologie des poésies de Foulcoie de Beauvais," Annuaire de l'Institut de philologie et d'histoire Orientales et Slaves de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles 11 (Mélanges Henri Grégoire 3; Brussels 1951) 79–96. m. l. colker, "Fulcoii Belvacensis epistulae," Traditio 10 (1954) 191–273.
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