ALGER OF

See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

LIEGE (d C. 1131)  , known also as ALGER OF CLUNY and ALGERUS MAGISTER, a learned French priest who lived in the first half of the 12th century . He was first a deacon of the church of St Bartholomew at Liege, his native town, and was then appointed (c . 'Poo) to the cathedral church of St Lambert . He declined many offers from German bishops and finally retired to the monastery of Cluny, where he died about 1131 at a great age and leaving a good reputation for piety and intelligence . His History of the Church of Liege, and many of his other works, are lost . The most important of those still extant are: 1 . De Misericordia et Justitia, a collection of biblical and patristic extracts with a commentary (an important work for the history of church law and discipline), which is to be found in the Anecdota of Martene, vol. v . 2 . De Sacramentis Corporis et Sanguinis Domini ; a treatise, in three books, against the Berengarian heresy, highly commended by Peter of Cluny and Erasmus . 3 . De Gratia et Libero Arbitrio; given in B., Pez's Anecdota, vol. iv . 4 .

De Sacrificio Missae; given in the Collectio Scriptor .

Vet. of Angelo Mai, vol. ix. p . 371 . See Migne, Patrol Ser . Lat. vol. clxxx. pp . 739-972: Herzog-Hauck, Realencyk. fiir prof . Theol., art. by S . M . Deutsch .