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Saint John of Gorze
Abbot
Born 900, Vandières, Meurthe-et-Moselle
Died March 7, 974
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast February 27
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Saint John of Gorze (Jean de Gorze, John of Lorraine) (ca. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation 900—March 7, 974) was a Lorraine-born monk, diplomat, administrator, and monastic reformer. Events By place Asia Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Events By Place Africa The Carmathians are defeated in Egypt by Jawhar as-Siqilli; Fatimid rule is consolidated Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states

John of Gorze was born at Vandières near Pont-à-Mousson to parents who were wealthy and well-known in the area. Vandières is a commune of northeastern France, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département. Pont-à-Mousson is a commune of northeastern France, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département. His father had married late in his life to a woman much younger than he. They had three children together. John's parents were able to provide for his education, and he studied at the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Mihiel in Metz. Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in Saint-Mihiel is a commune of the Meuse département, in northeastern France. Metz (mɛs in French) is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine région and Préfecture The tradition of scholarship was strong here; John's instructor was Hildebold, who had studied at Paris under Remi d'Auxerre (Parisse, La vie de Jean, 7-8). Hildebold (died 3 September 818) was the Bishop of Cologne from 787 until 795 and the first Archbishop of Cologne thereafter Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Remigius (Remi of Auxerre (ca 841 — 908 was a Benedictine Monk during the Carolingian period a teacher of Latin grammar, and

At the age of twenty, he had already formed relationships with powerful figures of the region, including Count Ricuin of Verdun, and Dado, bishop of Verdun. Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune

He became a Benedictine monk at the Gorze Abbey in 933 after renouncing his wealth as an administrator of landed estates and making a pilgrimage to Rome and Monte Cassino. Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in Gorze Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Gorze in the present Arrondissement of Metz-Campagne, near Metz in Lorraine. Events By Place Europe Cotentin and Jersey are seized by William Longsword, Duke of Normandy. In Religion and Spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or Search of great Moral significance Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 For information about the World War II battle see the Battle of Monte Cassino.

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At the Abbey of Gorze

Tympanum of the Last Judgment, St. Stephen's Church, Gorze, once part of the abbey
Tympanum of the Last Judgment, St. Stephen's Church, Gorze, once part of the abbey

Having found no monastery with a strict enough discipline, John had formed relationships with like-minded men, such as Einald, formerly archdeacon of Toul. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations above that of most Toul is a historic fortified town of France, a Sous-préfecture of the In 933, Bishop Adelbero of Metz (929-962) had asked John and Einald to restore and reform the decayed monastery of Gorze. Events By Place Europe Cotentin and Jersey are seized by William Longsword, Duke of Normandy. Einald became abbot and John became his principal assistant. The word abbot, meaning Father, is a title given to the head of a Monastery in various traditions including Christianity. The number of monks at Gorze increased, and the Gorze reform movement spread to other monasteries. In 950 Pope Agapetus II asked monks from Gorze to restore discipline in the monastery of St. Events By Place Europe Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I. Agapetus II (born in Rome; died October 955 was Pope from May 10, 946 until his death in 955 at the time when Alberic II (932&ndash954 Paul in Rome.

Character

He is reputed to have had a photographic memory, and also developed a bookkeeping system and capital investment policies (Dennis K. Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall Images Sounds, or objects in Memory Bookkeeping (also book-keeping or book keeping) is the recording of all Financial transactions undertaken by an individual or Organization (including Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in Business management, Finance and Economics, related to saving McDaniel, John of Gorze: A Figure in Tenth-Century Management). It was claimed that the murmur of his lips reading the Psalms resembled the buzzing of a bee. Psalms ( Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises" is a book of the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) included Bees are flying Insects closely related to Wasps and Ants Bees are a Monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea [1]

Mission to Spain

In 953, he was sent as ambassador for Emperor Otto II to the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba for two years. Events Europe First documented mention of the village of Aach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah Abd-ar-Rahman III ( ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh; Arabic: عبد الرحمن الثالث January 11 889 – October The Caliphate of Córdoba (Arabic خلافة قرطبة ruled the Iberian peninsula ( Al-Andalus) and North Africa from the city of John had travelled by way of Langres, Dijon, Lyon, Avignon, and Barcelona (Parisse, La vie de Jean, 17). Langres is a town and commune of eastern France. It is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne departement, in the Champagne-Ardenne Dijon ( diʒɔ̃ is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or departement and of the Bourgogne region ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia From Barcelona, he had proceeded to Tortosa, then Zaragoza, and finally Córdoba. Tortosa ( Latin: Dertusa or Dertosa, Arabic: طرطوشة Ṭurṭūšah) is the capital of the comarca Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community and former

The purpose of this mission was to stop the attacks made by Andalusian adventurers from their base at Fraxinet. Fraxinet or Fraxinetum ( Arabic: Farakhshanit or Farachsa) was the site of a tenth-century fortress established by Saracen Pirates John of Gorze arrived in 953-954 with his companions at Córdoba with a letter from Otto as well as valuable gifts. Events Europe First documented mention of the village of Aach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Events By Place Europe King Máel Coluim I of Scotland is killed in battle against the Highlanders John lived in a palace close to the caliphal palace in Córdoba. A palace is a grand residence especially the home of a Head of state or some other high-ranking Public figure.

The caliph's ambassador, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, met with this embassy. Hasdai (Abu Yusuf ben Yitzhak ben Ezra ibn Shaprut ( Hebrew: חסדאי אבן שפרוט) born about 915 at Jaén; died 970 or 990 at Córdoba The caliph, fearing that the letter of the German emperor might contain matter derogatory to Islam, commissioned Hasdai to open the negotiations with the envoys. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Hasdai, who soon perceived that the letter could not be delivered to the caliph in its present form, persuaded the envoys to send for another letter which should contain no objectionable matter. John of Gorze said that he had "never seen a man of such subtle intellect as the Jew Hasdeu" ("Vita Johannis Gorziensis," ch. cxxi. , in G. H. Pertz, Monumenta Germaniæ, iv. Georg Heinrich Pertz ( March 28, 1795 - October 7, 1876) was a German Historian born at Hanover. The Monumenta Germaniae Historica (frequently abbreviated MGH in bibliographies and lists of sources is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published sources 371). An English translation of his account is published as ‘Niceties of diplomacy (953-56)', in Christians and Moors in Spain, trans. and ed. Colin Smith, Warminster, 1988, vol. I, pp. 62-75.

John, who contacted local Mozarabs, met Bishop Recemundus, who was acquainted with Islamic learning. The Mozarabs (in Spanish: mozárabes; in moçárabes in Catalan: mossàrabs; from musta'rib "مستعرب" “arabicized” Recemundus ( Arabic: Rabi ibn Sid al-Usquf or Rabi ibn Zaid, Castilian: Recemundo) was the Mozarabic Bishop of Elvira When John returned to Lorraine, he brought with him manuscripts from Spain that made that duchy a center for the diffusion of Muslim learning and science. [2]

Later life

He became abbot of Gorze in 960 upon the death of Einald of Toul. Events By Place Europe Edgar the Peaceable is crowned King of England. He died of natural causes. In Medicine, death by natural causes is a loosely-defined term used by Coroners describing Death when the cause of death was a naturally occurring disease

His feast day is February 27. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation John (Jean), abbot of St. Arnulph (Saint-Arnoul) at Metz, wrote a life of Gorze.

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