The Lives of the Monastic Reformers, 2

This volume offers translations of the twelfth—century Latin vitae of four monks of the Monastery of Savigny: Abbot Vitalis, Abbot Godfrey, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo. Founded in 1113 by Vitalis of Mortain, an influential hermit—preacher, Savigny expanded to a congregation of thirty monasteries under his successor Godfrey (1122—1138). In 1147, the entire congregation joined the Cistercian Order. Around 1172, two monks of Savigny, Peter of Avranches and Hamo, friends but very diffe...