A charter issued by the 'illustrious man' Wademer and his wife Ercamberta records grants of property previously made to the monastic church dedicated to *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290) and *Germanus (bishop of Paris, ob. 576, S1166) in Paris, which remain in the possession of the pair until their deaths; whereafter they will revert to the church, with a further annual monetary gift on Germanus' feast day. Written in Latin, probably at Pressagny (northern Gaul), 20 August 682.
E08407
Documentary texts - Charter or diploma
Documentary texts - Donation document
ChLA XIV, 594 (excerpts)
Domno s(an)c(t)o et in Chr(ist)o uenerabile patri Sigefrido, abbati, uel omni [congre]gatione monasterii s(an)c(t)i Uincenti et s(an)c(t)i Germani, ubi ipse preciosus domnos in corpore requiescit, qu[i] est sub opidum Parisius ciuitate constructus. Ego enim, inluster uir Uuademerus et inluster matr[ona] sua Ercambertanae [...] decreuit uoluntas, ut uilla uestra, cui uocabulum Prisciniacus, quae est in pago Uilgasino, super aleum Sigona, illa medietate, q[ue genetor n]oster, nomen Hebroulf[u]s, condam, et Hansberta ad ipso monasterio uestro deligauerunt, [a]d usu bene[ficio] d[ign]at fuist[is no]bis conc[e]d[ere], tam illas res quam illas alia[s ] nos per nostr strumenta ante hos dies ad casa s(an)c(t)i uincenti et s(an)c(t)i Germani adfirmauimus, hoc est: Nouis[o]lio in p[ago Ande]gaueninso, seu alias res quae sunt [in] p[ag]o Dorgasino [...] Post nostru(m) quoque ambor(um) discessu(m), omne(m) re(m) immeliorata, quicq(ui)d ibide(m) inuentu(m) aut repertu(m) fuerit, ta(m) uos qu(am) successores uestri ad partibus monasterii uestri s(an)c(t)i Uinc(en)ti et s(an)c(t)i Germani recipere debeant, ut neque nos neque de haeredibus n(o)st(ri)s pontificiu(m) non habeant aliud ad facienduum, et cinso ann(i)s sing(u)l(i)s, de festiuitate s(an)c(t)i Germani, quod euenit . V . kl. iun(ias), solidus in argento . XXX . dare et adimplere studeamus [...] Hactum Prisciniaco, uilla publice, quod fecit mensis agustus, dies . XX ., uiginti, in anno decimo . XX ., regnante Theuderico, gloriossimi regis [...]
'To the holy lord in Christ, the venerable father Abbot Sigefrid, and all the community at the monastery of Saint Vincent and Saint Germanus, where that same precious lord rests in body, which is constructed under the stronghold of the city of Paris. And so I, the illustrious man Wademer, and his illustrious wife Ercamberta ... <text missing> wish decreed, that half of your villa, which is called Pressagny, which is in the pagus of Vexin, on the river Seine, which our father, the late Hebroulf, and Hansberta handed over to that monastery, you have deigned to grant to us in benefice; and we have affirmed before this day through our documents this property and others to the house of Saint Vincent and Saint Germanus, that is: Nouisolio in Anjou, and other properties which are in the pagus of the Dreugesin... And after both of us have died, all this improved property, together with whatever else might be found there, ought to be received by you and your successors at your monastery of Saint Vincent and Saint Germanus; and neither we, nor any of our heirs, nor bishops, shall do otherwise; and we urge that a census of 30 solidi of silver is to be given annually, on the feast of Saint Germanus, that is the 5 Kalends of June (28 May)... Enacted at the public villa of Pressagny, 20 August, in the tenth year of the reign of the most glorious King Theuderic (III)...'
Text: Atsma and Vezin 1982, 83-6.
Translation: B. Savill.
Saint’s feast
Dating by saint’s festival
Cult PlacesCult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Family
Ecclesiastics - bishops
Ecclesiastics - abbots
Ecclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Aristocrats
Source
This charter survives as a single-sheet parchment copy of the 9th or 10th century (478 x 390 mm), now Paris, Archives nationales, K 4 n. 5.Discussion
This Parisian 'monastery'/'house of Saint Vincent and Saint Germanus' is better known as the later Saint-Germain-des-Prés.This is one of two extant charters issued by Wademer and Ercamberta: see also E08406 (issued just under a decade later and also concerning this cult site of Vincent and Germanus as a beneficiary, although there it is referred to as a 'basilica' rather than 'monastery').
Bibliography
EditionsH. Atsma and J. Vezin, Chartae Latinae Antiquiores XIV. France II (Zurich, 1982), no. 594.
Chartes originales antérieures à 1121 conservées en France, no. 4496, online at http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte4496/
Benjamin Savill
23/02/2023
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00290 | Vincentius/Vincent, deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia | Uincentus | Certain | S01166 | Germanus, bishop of Paris, ob. 576 | Germanus | Certain |
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