Abstract EN:

Baudri, abbot of Bourgueil then archbishop of Dol in Brittany from 1107 to 1130, is the author of hagiographical prose texts remaining for the most part unsung: they rely on old and incomplete editions or are merely unpusblished. These hagiographical sources, either rewritings or originals, deserve to be brought to attention of historians, both because they can provide informations on the history of the period during which they were composed and because they all were used at one time or an other as sources for the historiography and liturgy of important sanctuaries, particularly in Normandy. Moreover, they contribute to the knowledge of the complex history of the Metropolitan see of Dol in the beginning of the Twelfth Century and are also a valuable testimony on hagiographical craftmanship. Establishing the texts, studying their history as well as providing a translation should allow the prose hagiographical sources to be considered as evidences for the history of this period