Ursion d’Hautmont hagiographe (XIe s.). Nouvelles hypothèses sur les dossiers des saints Marcel, Macaire de Gand, Adalhard de Corbie et Ursmer de Lobbes

Abstract Between 1056/58 and 1064, Abbot Ursion of Hautmont (France, Nord) wrote a new Life of Pope St Marcellus, followed by the account of the redis-covery of his relics within the abbey ( BHL 5237-38). This composition, which em-ploys somewhat sophisticated vocabulary, displays significant formal similarities with other contemporary hagiographies concerning Macarius of Ghent, Adalhard of Corbie, and Ursmer of Lobbes. The particularly significant analogies with the (anon-ymous) narrative produced in honour of St Macarius ( BHL 5101) following the ele-vatio (raising) of his body at Ghent (1067), along with Ursion’s interpersonal rela-tionships, lead us to hypothesize that the latter may be the author of this text.