Stephen of Liège
Stephen of Liège (Étienne de Liège) (c. 850 – 920) was bishop of Liège from 901 to 920. He was a hagiographer and composer of church music.
Life and career[]
He was an abbot of Lobbes and canon of Metz Cathedral. His In Festi Sanctisissimae Trinitatis, an office for the feast of the Trinity, is available as a recording. The celebration of the Feast of the Holy Trinity is attributed to him.[1][2]
Recording[]
- Etienne de Liège. In festo sanctissimae trinitatis. Psallentes. RIC 249 [1]
References[]
- ^ The Menologies (P.L., CLI, 1020), written during the pontificate of Gregory VII (Nilles, II, 460), call the Sunday after Pentecost a Dominica vacans, with no special Office, but add that in some places they recited the Office of the Holy Trinity composed by Bishop Stephen of Liège (903–20);Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ Huglo, Michel (2001). "Stephen of Liège". Grove Music Online. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26706. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Sources[]
- A. Auda, L'école musicale liégeoise au Xe siècle: Etienne de Liège (Brussels, 1922)
External links[]
- Wilhelm Kohl (1995). "Stephan (von Tongern, Étienne de Liège), Bischof von Lüttich". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1395–1397. ISBN 3-88309-062-X.
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Categories:
- 850s births
- 920 deaths
- Bishops of Liège
- Christian hagiographers
- 9th-century composers
- 10th-century composers