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Aaron was the abbot of St. Martin in Cologne, Germany since the year 1042. He was of Scottish origin, but pilgrimaged in his youth to Colonia to the Scottish convent of St. Martin. He became abbot of the same in 1042. Later, he became abbot of St. Pantaleon . Aaron died on December 14, 1052.
The library of St. Martin conserves his work Tractatum de utilitate cantus vocalis et de modo cantandi atque psallendi.
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Saint Abel (died 5 August 764) was abbot of Lobbes and archbishop of Rheims.
Of Scottish origins, Abel travelled with other Christian teachers like Boniface and WillibrordSaint Willibrord (c. 738) was an English missionary, known as the Apostle to the Frisians in modern Netherlands. Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of the Frisians, and son of St. Hilgis, born in Northumbria, 658; died at Echternach, Luxembourg, November 7, 739. to FranconiaFranconia (German, Franken , a region in Germany now part of the state of Bavaria. The area was the seat of the Salian Holy Roman Emperors, and is considered one of the five original stem duchies that made up the Holy Roman Empire. Throughout the Middle A. He appears to have first operated in the abbey of Lobbes. On 3 March 744Events February Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards. 3 March Abel becomes archbishop of Reims. October Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand as king of the Lombards. Umayyad caliph al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik succeeded by Yazid III ibn Abd al-Mal he became archbishop of Rheims in the synodA synod (also known as a council is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine or administration. An ecumenical council is so named because it is a synod of the whole church (or, more accurately, of what tho of SoissonsThe city of Soissons in the Aisne departement Picardie, France on the Aisne River is about 60 miles northeast of Paris and is one of the most ancient cities of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones. Population (1999): 30,672. Origi.
Despite support from king Carloman, Abel was not in the favour of Pope ZachariasSaint Zacharias or Zachary pope ( 741- 752), from a Greek family of Calabria, appears to have been on intimate terms with Gregory III, whom he succeeded (November 741). Zacharias was a wise and subtle diplomat. Finding that his predecessor's alliance with. The pope refused to hand the pallium to abel and gave it to archbishop Hartbert von Sens instead. Thus Abel could not stand his ground and retired (probably in 745) to the abbey af Lobbes, where he continued to spread the word until his death in 764.
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