Editing Aimoin of Fleury

{{short description|French monk and chronicler (c. 960 – c. 1010)}}
'''Aimoin of Fleury''' ({{langx|la|Aimoinus (Annonius; Aemonius) Floriacensis}}; {{circa|960|1010}}) was a medieval [[France|French]] monk and chronicler active in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. He was born at [[Villefranche-de-Longchat]], in [[France|Southwestern France]], about 960. Early in his life he entered the [[monastery]] of [[Fleury Abbey|Fleury]], where he became a monk and then passed the greater part of his life. Between c. 980 and 985 Aimoin wrote about [[Saint Benedict]] in the Abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aimoin|title = Aimoin &#124; French monk and historian}}</ref> His chief work is the ''Historia Francorum'', or ''Libri V. de Gestis Francorum'', which deals with the history of the [[Franks]] from the earliest times to 653, and was continued by other writers until the middle of the 12th century. It was much in vogue during the [[Middle Ages]], but its historical value is now regarded as slight. It was edited in the 19th century by [[Georg Waitz|G. Waitz]] and published in the ''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica]]: Scriptores'', Band xxvi (Hanover and Berlin, 1826–1892).<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Aimoin|volume=1|page=439}} Endote: See ''Histoire littéraire de la France'', tome vii. (Paris, 1865–1869).</ref>

In 1004 Aimoin also wrote ''Vita Abbonis, abbatis Floriacensis'', the last of a series of lives of the [[abbot]]s of Fleury, all of which, except the life of [[Abbo of Fleury|Abbo]], have been lost. This was published by [[Jean Mabillon|J. Mabillon]] in the ''Acta sanctorum ordinis sancti Benedicti'' (Paris, 1668–1701).<ref name="EB1911"/>

Aimoin's third work was the composition of books ii and iii of the ''Miracula sancti Benedicti'', the first book of which was written by another monk of Fleury named [[Adrevald]] ({{circa|818}} – 878). This also appears in the ''Acta sanctorum''.<ref name="EB1911"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_10_0950-1008-_Aimoinus_Floriacensis.html Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indices]

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