A charter issued by Wademer and his wife Ercamberta grants properties to churches dedicated to diverse saints in Paris and elsewhere in northern Gaul, including one dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050) at Précy, where they wish to be buried. Written in Latin, probably at Chambly (northern Gaul), 690/91.
E08406
Documentary texts - Charter or diploma
Documentary texts - Donation document
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment sheet
Documentary texts - Will
ChLA XIII, 571 (excerpts)
[ ] s(an)c(t)orum conferre debimus. Unde in futur[u]m ueniam misericordiae animis nostri[s do]namus donatumque in perpetuo esse uolomus ad basilica domnae Stefanae, in Parisius, ubi domnus Sigofridus, pontefex, preesse ueditur, uilla [cognomenante in pago Ca]miliacinsi [...] Pare modo, donamus ad basilica domne Germanae, ubi uir uener(abilis) Landebertus, abba, preesse ueditur, uilla cognomenanti Fraximento in pago Pin[ ] [...] Simile modo, donamus ad basilica domne Uincente uel do[mni Germani, ubi uenerabilis] uir Audcharius, abba, praesse ueditur, uillas cognomentantis Oxma, in pago Dorcassino, Nouiolio, in pago Andegauino [...] Pare modo, donamus Uuabuniacus, in pago Beloacinsi, ad basilicae domnae [ ] [...] Simile modo, donamus ad domno Cristouilo, monastirio puellarum, in Parisius, ubi Landetrudis, abbatisa, praesse uedi[tur, N]ouiliaco, in pago Camiliacinsi. In d(e)i nomi[ne], donamus Gundolfocurti, in pago Camiliacinsi, Premiaco, in pago Aurelianinsi, ad basilica preciosi domnae [Dionysii ubi] ipsi in corpore requiiscit et uener(abilis) uir Chaeno, abba, preesse ueditur [...] Simele modo, donamus Badenao, ad Funtanella, ad domno Petro, ubi domnus Uuando in corpore requiesci[t] [...] Donamus ad basilica domnae Petri in Gemetico, ubi uir uener(abilis) Achard [ uilla c]ognomentantis Ispaldis, in pago Uillicassino, Brennaco, in pago Ebrecino, Ararnio, in pago Oxminsi, Quaciaco, in pago Oxminsi, Cormiliaco, in pago Andegauino [...] Donamus, in d(e)i nomine, ad domno Desiderio, ubi uir uener(abilis) Adroald(us), abba, preesse ueditur medi[ ] de h[ ]m[ ] [...] Donamus, in d(e)i nomene, [ P]risciaco, in pago Camiliacinsi, ad domno Martino in ipso Prisciaco, ubi uir uener(abilis) Farulfus, abba, preesse ueditur, ubi sepulturas nostras ibidem habimus reconde[tas ] debent [...] Ac(tum) Camiliaco, uico publico, quod ficit minsis [ ] x [ ], ann(o) xvii rign(i) dom(n)i n(ostr)i Theodorice, gl(oriosissimi) rigis [...]
'... we ought to grant to the (places?) of the saints. Therefore, for the benefit of future mercy upon our souls, we wish to grant, and have granted forever, a villa called <text missing> in the pagus of the Chambliois to the basilica of Lord Stephen in Paris, where Lord Sigofrid, the pontiff, is seen to preside... In the same way, we grant the villa called Fresnay, in the pagus of the Pin(cerais), to the basilica of Lord Germanus, where the venerable man Abbot Landebert is seen to preside... Similarly, we grant the villas called Oxma, in the pagus of the Drouais, and Neuillé, in the pagus of Anjou, to the basilica of Lord Vincent and Lord Germanus, where the venerable man Abbot Audcharius is seen to preside... In the same way, we grant Wavignies, in the pagus of the Beauvaisis, to the basilica of Lord <text missing> ... In the same way we grant Neuilly(-en-Thelle), in the pagus of the Chambliois, to Lord Christopher's monastery for women in Paris, where Abbess Landetrude is seen to preside. In the name of God, we grant Gandicourt, in the pagus of the Chambliois, and Premiaco, in the pagus of the Orléanais, to the basilica of the precious Lord Dionysius, where his own body rests, and where the venerable man Abbot Chaeno is seen to preside... Similarly, we grant Bény to the Lord Peter at Fontenelle, where the Lord Wandregisel rests in body... We grant the villa called Ispaldis in the pagus of the Vexin, Bernay in the pagus of Évrecin, Ararnio, in the pagus of Hiémois, Quaciaco in the pagus of Hiémois, and Cormiliaco, in the pagus of Anjou, to the Lord Peter in Jumièges, where the venerable lord (Abbot) Achard (is seen to preside). We grant, in God's name, <text missing> to the Lord Desiderius, where the venerable lord Abbot Adroald is seen to preside... We grant, in God's name, Précy, in the pagus of the Chambliois, to the Lord Martin in that same Précy, where the venerable man Abbot Farulf is seen to preside, the same place as we wish to be buried... Enacted at the public place of Chambly, in the month <text missing> 10 <text missing> in the seventeenth year of our lord, the most glorious King Theuderic (III)...'
Text: Atsma and Vezin, 1981, 94-9.
Translation: B. Savill.
Cult building - independent (church)
Cult building - monastic
Burial site of a saint - unspecified
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Ecclesiastics - bishops
Ecclesiastics - abbots
Aristocrats
Source
This charter survives as an original parchment manuscript (412 x 322 mm), now Paris, Archives nationales, K 3 n. 2/2.Discussion
Eight of the charter's beneficiaries with named saints cults are identified in Atsma and Vezin's edition as (1) 'probably' the cathedral of Paris, here described as dedicated to Stephen; (2) 'probably' Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris; (3) Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris; (4) Saint-Christophe de Paris; (5) Saint-Denis; (6) Saint-Wandrille; (7) Saint-Pierre de Jumièges; and (8) Saint-Martin de Précy. Two further sites are unidentifiable: one whose saint's name is missing from the extant manuscript, and another dedicated to an uncertain Desiderius.This is one of two extant charters issued by the 'illustrious' Wademer and Ercamberta: see also E08407. In terms of its content and apparent purpose, this charter - the later of the two texts - resembles a will, although it is strictly speaking a donation document.
Bibliography
EditionsH. Atsma and J. Vezin, Chartae Latinae Antiquiores XIII. France I (Zurich, 1981), no. 571.
Chartes originales antérieures à 1121 conservées en France, no. 4494, online at http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte4494/
Benjamin Savill
23/02/2023
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00030 | Stephen, the First Martyr | Stefanus | Certain | S00036 | Peter, the Apostle | Petrus | Certain | S00050 | Martin, ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397 | Martinus | Certain | S00290 | Vincentius/Vincent, deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia | Uincens | Certain | S00349 | Dionysius/Denis, bishop and martyr of Paris, and his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius | Dionysius | Certain | S00455 | Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, ob. c. 448 | Germanus | Certain | S00616 | Christophoros, martyr of Pamphylia | Cristouilus | Certain | S01166 | Germanus, bishop of Paris, ob. 576 | Germanus | Certain | S01171 | Desiderius, bishop and martyr of Vienne, ob. 606/7 | Desiderius | Uncertain | S02197 | Desiderius, martyr of Langres | Desiderius | Uncertain | S02446 | Wandregisel, founder and abbot of Fontenelle, ob. 668 | Uuando | Certain | S02958 | Desiderius, bishop of Cahors, ob. 655 | Desiderius | Uncertain |
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