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Charta De Monasterio Wallerensi

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Summary

The Charta De Monasterio Wallerensi is a foundation charter attributed to Autbertus, bishop of Cambrai (c. 633–c. 669), concerning the establishment of Wallers Abbey. The text survives only in later cartulary copies, the earliest from the 12th century, and was cited in medieval disputes over the abbey's possessions. Its diplomatic formulae are consistent with 7th-century practice, but the text may have been reworked in transmission. The edition used is from Migne's Patrologia Latina, vol. 87, based on Brequigny's Diplomata. Authenticity cannot be fully verified due to the lack of an original single-sheet charter and critical apparatus.

The charter is significant for studying early medieval monastic foundations, Merovingian royal patronage, and episcopal authority in the region of Cambrai. It also illustrates the challenges of verifying early medieval documents due to later transmission and reworking. The text's inclusion in Gallia Christiana and Patrologia Latina shows its role in later ecclesiastical historiography.

Historical context

The charter is set in the early Merovingian period, during the episcopate of Autbertus of Cambrai (c. 633–c. 669). It concerns the foundation of Wallers Abbey, likely under the patronage of King Dagobert I of Austrasia (c. 603–639) and his father Chlothar II. The text reflects the intersection of episcopal authority and royal patronage in monastic foundations. The community at Wallers, associated with Landelinus (founder of the Crespin tradition), was part of the broader Columbanian monastic network. The charter survives only in later cartulary copies, the earliest from the 12th century, and was transmitted through early modern antiquarian collections like Brequigny's Diplomata and Gallia Christiana. Its diplomatic formulae suggest a 7th-century origin, but the text may have been reworked, and authenticity is uncertain.

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SANCTI AUTBERTI CAMERACENSIS EPISCOPI CHARTA DE MONASTERIO WALLARENSI, Qua S. Autbertus, praedium Wallare, a Dagoberto donatum Landelino ad exstruendum monasterium, in suam protectionem suscipit a. (Brequigny, Diplom. nov. ed. tom. II.) Autbertus, Dei gratia Cameracencis episcopus, universis Christi fidelibus salutem aeternam. Ad nostram curam et sollicitudinem pertinere non dubitamus, ut quod Ecclesiae sanctae fideles Christi pia largitione conferunt et dedicant, episcopali debeamus auctoritate consecrare et confirmare. Inde est quod praedium dictum Wallare, piissimi regis nostri Dagoberti, cum omnibus appendiciis suis, quod idem rex servo Dei Landelino Mauroso donavit in eleemosynam, pro anima patris sui Lotharii inclyti regis, ad construendum ibidem monasterium, in nostra suscepimus tutela et defensione, cum omnibus villis, terris, silvis, pratis, agris, aquis aquarumque decursibus ibidem assignatis, in nostra dioecesi constitutis; decimas omnes earumdem possessionum praedicto Landelino, et suis, Deo donante, successoribus in perpetuum concedentes, et potestatem eidem et gratiam indulgentes construendi monasterium, et ecclesiam fabricandi, et personas instituendi, quae secundum quod Angelus testamenti sibi donarit, de facultatibus assignatis poterunt sustentari.
English
Charter of Saint Autbertus, Bishop of Cambrai, Concerning the Monastery of Wallers. Whereby Saint Autbertus takes under his protection the estate of Wallers, given by Dagobert to Landelinus for the building of a monastery. Autbertus, by the grace of God bishop of Cambrai, to all the faithful of Christ, eternal salvation. We do not doubt that it pertains to our care and concern that what the faithful of Christ piously bestow and dedicate to the holy Church, we ought to consecrate and confirm by episcopal authority. Hence it is that we have taken under our tutelage and defense the estate called Wallers, of our most pious king Dagobert, with all its appurtenances, which the same king gave in alms to the servant of God Landelinus Maurosus, for the soul of his father Lotharius, the renowned king, for the purpose of building a monastery there, with all the villages, lands, forests, meadows, fields, waters, and watercourses assigned there, situated in our diocese; granting all tithes of those same possessions to the aforesaid Landelinus and, God willing, to his successors in perpetuity, and granting to him the power and grace to build a monastery and to construct a church, and to institute persons who, according to what the Angel of the testament will have granted him, may be supported from the assigned resources.
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Qualemcumque fecerit ibidem ordinationem, ipsam ratam habemus et inconvulsam, inhibentes auctoritate nostra, ne super omnibus illis possessionibus quas supradictus rex loco memorato Wallari donavit, ibidem Deo militantibus molestiam aliquis inferat aut gravamen. Quod si qua saecularis ecclesiasticave persona contra hoc venire praesumpserit et easdem possessiones occupaverit, ipsam anathematis aeterni gladio ferimus, nisi resipiscat et occupata curaverit restaurare. Ut autem ista praefata regis illustris eleemosyna duret in perpetuum et ecclesiastica libertate potiatur, paginae praesenti sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi. Actum Castriloco, anno dominicae Incarnationis DCXLII a, indictione XV, regni domini Dagoberti inclyti regis tertio decimo, Sigiberti filii ejusdem regis quarto.
English
Whatever arrangement he may make there, we hold it as ratified and inviolate, forbidding by our authority that anyone inflict any trouble or burden upon those serving God there concerning all those possessions which the aforementioned king gave to the said place of Wallers. But if any secular or ecclesiastical person should presume to act against this and seize those same possessions, we strike them with the sword of eternal anathema, unless they come to their senses and take care to restore what was seized. So that this aforesaid alms of the illustrious king may endure forever and enjoy ecclesiastical liberty, we have caused our seal to be affixed to the present document. Done at Castrilocum, in the year of the Lord's Incarnation 642, the fifteenth indiction, the thirteenth year of the reign of the illustrious King Dagobert, the fourth year of Sigibert, son of the same king.
Citation. Tergwame, “Charta De Monasterio Wallerensi”, tmp1387.tmp1387.opp-lat1:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/tmp1387.tmp1387.opp-lat1#s1
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