Abstract

GONZALEZ CORNEJO, Carlos Roberto. To Whom Does a Librarian Pray? Wiborada, Patroness Saint of Librarians. Investig. bibl [online]. 2025, vol.39, n.102, eib1025895209.  Epub June 06, 2025. ISSN 2448-8321.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iibi.24488321xe.2025.102.58952.

The work conveys the event that occurred at the beginning of the tenth century in the Abbey of Saint Gall: the mystic, saint and martyr Wiborada [ca. 861 A. D. - 926 A. D.] experienced the vision of the arrival of Magyars to the monastery, which helped to save and protect the manuscripts in her library. Thereupon, the destruction of the Library of the Abbey of Saint Gall can be conceived as a corpus sic, anima non. The study begins by addressing medieval monastic libraries, followed by the Regulae, around which monasticism is based, and concludes with the martyr figure. To achieve this, the study alludes to the Casus sancti Galli by Ekkehard IV and the Vitae Sanctae Wiboradae by Walter Berschin. The work constitutes a tribute to the life and work of Wiborada.

Keywords : Wiborada; Abbey of Saint Gall; Medieval Monastic Libraries; Destruction of Libraries.

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