Benedict of Chiusa (original) (raw)

Benedict of Chiusa was a travelling Lombard scholar-monk of the 11th century. He is known chiefly from his memorable appearance in the Historia Francorum of Adémar de Chabannes. Adémar describes a speech made by Benedict at a council of the bishops of Aquitaine in 1028. In it, Benedict describes himself as the nephew and designated successor of the Abbot of Chiusa.