CHRONICLE OF JOHANNES TRITHEMIUS

Albinus was the teacher of Rabanus.

...they were promoted to great dignities. He had as his teacher the most reverend Albinus, a monk and Abbot of the monastery of Saint Martin of Tours. Albinus is the Latinized name for Alcuin of York, a famous scholar and advisor to Charlemagne. Albinus was one of the disciples of the English monks of Bede. He was once the instructor of Emperor Charlemagne, and from him Rabanus drew the knowledge in Gaul which he later taught to others in Germany. But indeed, Lintbert was first a fellow student and finally a student of Rabanus. The religious devotion of Abbot Lintbert. What he had learned as a monk from a good teacher, he did not neglect as an abbot. He was truly a most diligent practitioner of the regular discipline. He did not only teach the monks subject to him to live according to the rule of our most holy father Benedict through words. He also lived in the fullness of all virtues, leading his sheep without blame. He stood out as a good shepherd through the example of his good works. Indeed, his meditation was always continued day and night in the law of the Lord. Praying to the Lord without ceasing, he remained a true disciple of Christ to the end. As the fame of his holiness and learning spread through all the surrounding region, many noble men handed over their sons to be instructed by his mastery. The increase of the brothers of Saint Aurelius. Many of those who appeared distinguished among men in the secular world also voluntarily submitted themselves to that discipline for the love of the heavenly kingdom. For this reason, the number of brothers began to grow greatly in a short time. The temporal substance and property of the monastery was also expanded by the offerings of many people.

During these same times, the monastery of Corvey in Saxony took its beginning under the rule of our holy father Benedict. Its foundation began in the year of our Lord 822. Corvey is founded in Saxony. This monastery was completed and began to be inhabited at almost the same time as this monastery of the divine Bishop Aurelius. At nearly the same time, the monastery of the holy martyrs Marcellinus and Peter was first founded by Emperor Louis. This is Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne. This occurred in the place called Seligenstadt in the diocese of Mainz, under the rule of our divine father Benedict. The foundation of the monastery of Seligenstadt. This was done with the cooperation of the venerable Einhard, who was formerly the Chancellor, but then a monk and the first abbot of that same monastery. In this place, the bodies of the two aforementioned martyrs, Marcellinus and Peter, were honorably placed in November of the year of our Lord 828. They were brought from Rome through the efforts of the Emperor.

In the times of Lintbert, the first abbot of Saint Aurelius of Hirsau, many very famous men flourished in our Benedictine order around the year of our Lord 840. Notable men of our order. This was under the most pious Emperor Louis and his sons. These men were distinguished in holiness and the learning of the scriptures. Like the stars of heaven, they illuminated the entire church in a wonderful way through their character and doctrine. Rabanus Maurus, the Abbot of Fulda whom we mentioned above, was held in high esteem by everyone in these times. Rabanus goes from abbot to archbishop. This was due to the integrity of his life and his priceless knowledge of discipline. We have shown for the most part how much he wrote, both in our book on Ecclesiastical Writers and in the second book on the Illustrious Men of our order. Johannes Trithemius, the author of this chronicle, frequently references his own earlier biographical catalogs of famous monks and scholars. Finally, in the year of our Lord 842, which was the fourth year of Abbot Lintbert, Rabanus left the monastery of Fulda, incited by the deceptions of certain people. He fled to Louis, the son of the elder Emperor Louis, and remained as if in exile until the death of Otgar, the Archbishop of Mainz. Otgar had expelled him for some reason I do not know. But five years later, after Otgar died, Rabanus was appointed archbishop in his place in the year of our Lord 847. He sat for nine years by the vote of all. He was a man most merciful to the poor, and he vigorously governed his church with character and knowledge. Haymo also flourished in these same times in Saxony. He was a monk of the monastery of Hersfeld and the third bishop of Halberstadt. Haymo, the Bishop of Halberstadt. He was ordained as bishop in the year of our Lord 840 and presided for three years. He lived in all holiness and doctrine and wrote many excellent volumes, of which we made mention in our aforementioned books. Einhard also...