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ALGER

Volume 2 · 147 words · 1860 Edition

a learned French priest, who lived between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He was first a deacon of the church of St Bartholomew at Liège, his native town; he was afterwards translated to the cathedral church of St Lambert, and finally retired to the monastery of Cluny, where he died in 1131. His History of the Church of Liège, and many others of his works, are lost, but there still exist of his: 1. De Misericordia et Justitia, a collection of extracts from Fathers, with reflections. It is to be found in the Anecdota of Martene, vol. v. 2. De Sacramento Corporis et Sanguinis Domini; a treatise in three books, against the Berengerian heresy, highly commended by Peter of Cluny and Erasmus. 3. De libero arbitrio; given in Pezios' Anecdota, vol. iv. 4. De Sacrificio Missae; given in the Collectio Scriptor. Vet. of Angelo Mai, vol. ix.