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Radulph of Rivo (
Radulph of Tongres,
Radulph van der Beeke,
Raoul de Tongres,
Radulphus de Rivo) (probably his birth name, since
rivus can translate the Dutch beek), was a Dutch Roman Catholic historian and
liturgist.
Biography
He was born at
Breda, in the present Dutch province of
Noord Brabant, about the middle of the fourteenth century. He pursued his studies in various parts of Europe — in Italy, where he was in 1362, at Paris
Sorbonne and at
Orléans (1367-75), where he studied canon and civil law. In 1371 at the latest he was
subdeacon.
Invested in 1371 with the deanery of
Tongeren (
Tongres in French) by a
Papal Bull of
Gregory IX, he took possession of his charge in 1383. In the interval he returned to Italy; in 1381 he was still at Rome, where he'd as master Simon of Constantinople,
titular Archbishop of
Thebes (Greece), who taught him Greek. After 1390 he was replaced at Tongeren by a vice-dean. During this time he'd matriculated at the new
University of Cologne (founded in 1388), where for a time he was
rector (1397). He made his last journey to Rome somewhat prior to that date.
In 1398 he returned to Tongeren, where he resumed his duties as dean. Here he occupied himself, as during his first stay, with firm and enlightened zeal in the maintenance of discipline during the period disturbed by the beginning of the
Great Schism of the West. He exerted himself especially for the reform of the liturgy. He was the friend, protector and guide of the new institutions of
Windesheim and
Corsendonck. Several of his works date from this period, while his liturgical writings were chiefly composed during his second stay at Rome. He died at Tongeren on 3 November 1403 and was buried in the cloisters of the church of St-Mary at
Tongeren.
Works
Radulph wrote a great deal. Besides some works on grammar, mention must be made of his chronicle of the prince-bishops of Liège published by
Jean Chapeauville (3 volumes, Liège, 1612-16).
His liturgical works are the most important and the best of his writings, especially for the history of the
Breviary and the
Mass. Here he displays a great spirit of piety, showing at the same time much critical ability, learning and wide reading. He is decidedly in favour of maintaining ancient Roman liturgical customs and rejects recent modifications. Among his writings especially notable are: "Liber de canonum observantia" (ed. Hilthorp, Cologne, 1508, and in "Maxima Patrum Bibliotheca", Lyons, vol. XXVI, 289); "Calendarius ecclesiasticus Generalis" (Louvain, 1508); "De psalterio observando" and "Liber de Officiis ecclesiasticis". His most important writings were published by Mohlberg in 1915.
Bibliography
- MOHLBERG, Cunibert, Radulph de Rivo: der letzte Vertreter der altrömischen Liturgie, (Recueil de travaux publiés par les membres des conférences d’histoire et de philologie, 29+42), 1. Studien, 2. Texte, Leuven-Münster in Westfalen, Bureaux du recueil-Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1911-1915.
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