- Berno of Reichenau
Berno (ca. 978 —
7 June 1048 ) was the Abbot of Reichenau from his appointment byHenry II, Holy Roman Emperor , in 1008. He reformed theGregorian chant .Following the reforms initiated under Abbot Immo, who imposed the
Benedictine rule , under Berno's enlightened guidance the abbey reached its peak as a centre of learning, with a productivescriptorium , as a centre of Bendictine monasticism and eleventh-century liturgical and musical reforms in the German churches. [Hartmut Möller, "Zur Reichenauer Offiziumstradition der Jahrtausendwende" "Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae" 29.1/4 (1987), pp. 35-61.] . At Reichenau he erected the tall western tower and transept that stand today at Reichenau-Mittelzell. [The monograph on the constructions and reconstructions at Reichenau is Alfons Zettler, "Die Frühen Klosterbauten der Reichenau: Ausgrabungen-Schriftquellen—St. Galler Klosterplan" (Sigmaringen) 1988.] One of his most famous students wasHermann von Reichenau , who transmitted Arabic mathematics and astronomy to central Europe. Politically the abbot cleaved to his patrons Henry and to Henry III, duke of Bavaria and eventually Emperor.Notes
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*Roland Rappmann, Alfons Zettler. 1998. "Die Reichenauer Mönchsgemeinschaft und ihr Totengedenken im frühen Mittelalter" (Sigmaringen : Thorbecke) ISBN 3-7995-7355-0External links
* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_10_1008-1048-_Berno_Augiae_Divitis_Abbas.html List of Berno's works with online texts]
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