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ROLFUS

Rump, and numerous other writers. (For the other works of Rohrbacher, see Hurter, "Nomenclator Lit.", Ill [Innsbruck, 1895], 1069-71.)

RoHKB\CHER, Hist. L'nxT. de rSglise Cath., ed. by Guillaume, XII (Paris, 1S85). 122-33; McCaffhcv, Hixt. of the Cath. Ch. in the XIX Century. II (Dublin, 1909;, I, 60, II, 448, 475.

N. A. Weber.

Rojas yZorrilla, Francisco de, Spanish dramatic poet, b. at Toledo, 4 Oct., 1607; d. 1680. Authentic information regarding the events of his Hfe is rather fragmentary, but he probably studied at the Universities of Toledo and Salamanca, and for a time followed a mihtary career. When only twenty-five he was well known as a poet, for he is highly spoken of in Montalbdn's "Para todos" (1632), a fact which shows that he enjoyed popularity, when Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon were in the height of their fame. The announcement published in 1638 of the assassination of Francisco de Rojas did not refer to the poet, for the first and second parts of his comedies, published by himself at Madrid, bear the dates of 1640 and 164.5 respectively. A third part was promised but it never appeared. He was given the mantle of the Order of Santiago in 1644. The writings of Rojas consist of plays and autos sacramen- taks written alone and in collaboration with Calderon, Coello, Vclez, Montalbdn, and others. No complete edition of his plays is available, but Mesonero gives a verj" good selection with biographical notes. Among the best of them are "Del Rey abajo ninguno", "Entre bobos anda el juego", "Donde hay agravio no hay celos", and "Casarse por vengarse", the last of which is claimed to have been the basis of Le Sage's novel, "Gil Bias de Santillane".

TicKNOB, History of Spanish Literature (Boston, 1866); Mebonero, Biblioteca de AxUores Espafioles, LIV (Madrid, 1866).

Ventura Fuentes.

Rokewode, John Gage, b. 13 Sept., 1786; died at Claughton Hall, Lancashire, 14 Oct., 1842. He was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Gage of Hengrave, and took the name Rokewode in 1838 when he succeeded to the Rokewode estates. He was educated at Stony- hurst, and having studied law under Charles Butler he was called to the bar, but never practised, preferring to devote himself to antiquarian pursuits. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1818, and was director from 1829 till 1842. He also became a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1822 he published "The Hi.storj- and Ant iquit ies of Hengrave in Suffolk " and in 1838 "The History and Antiquities of Suffolk". His eEthelwold and of Robert of Jumieges; he also printed the genealogy of the. Rokewode family with charters relating thereto in "Collectanea Topo- gra7)hica et Gcnealogica", II. He contributed to the "Orthodox Journal'* and the "Catholic Gentleman's Magazine". Many of his MSS. were Hold after his death with his valuable library. The Society of An- tiquaries rKjKWiKH a bust of him by R. C. Lucaa. He died suddenly while out shooting.

Orthodox Journal. XV, 276; Cooper in Diet. Nat. Bioo.: GiLUJW, Bihl Diet. Eng. Catht.

Edwin Burton.

Roland, Chanson de. See Legends, Literary or Profa.ve.

Roland de Lattre. S<;e Lassus, Orlandus de.

Rolduc nA DrriK, aW) Roda, Closferroda or Hertogenra'le;, in S. K. Limburg, Nefherlands. It became an Augusfinian abbey in 1104 unrler Ven. AilbertUH, a pricHt, wjn of AmmoricuH, a nobleman of

Antoing, Flanders. Ailbertus is said to have been guided by a vision towards this chosen spot, which was in the domain of Count Adelbert of Saffenberch, who, before Bishop Othert of Liege, turned over the property destined for abbey and church in 1108. Ailbertus was the first abbot (1104-11). Later he went to France where he founded the Abbey of Clairfontaine. Desiring once more to see Rolduc, he died on the way, at Sechtem, near Bonn, 19 Sep., 1122 (Acta SS.). Thirty-eight abbots succeeded Ailbertus, the last one being Peter Joseph Chaineux (1779-1800). The abbey acquired many possessions in the Netherlands, and became the last resting-place of the Dukes of Limburg. It possesses the famous "Catalogus Li- brorum", made a. d. 1230, containing one hundred

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The Crypt, Rolduc Abbey

and forty theological and eighty-six philosophical and classical works. The beautiful crypt, built by Ail- bertus, was blessed 13 Dec, 1106, and in 1108 the church was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and St. Gabriel. In 1122 Pope Calixtus II confirmed by a Bull, preserved in the archives of Rolduc, the dona- tion of the property. The church, completed in 1209, was then solemnly dedicated by Philip, Bishop of Ratzeburg. Dr. R. Cortcn completed the restoration of the church in 1893, and transferred the relics of Ven. Ailbertus into a richly sculptured sarcophagus in the crypt, 1897. The church possesses a particle of the Holy Cro.ss, five inches long, reputed to be authentic and miraculous (Archives of Rolduc, by Abbot Mathias Amezaga); al.so the body of St. Daphne, virgin and martyr, brought over from the Catacombs of Pra'textatus in 1847. Rolduc became the seminary of Li^ge in 1831, under Right Rev. Cor- nelius Van Bommel, and the little seminary of Roer- mond, and academy in 1841. The present institution has an attendance of 420 pupils.

Heyendal, Annales liodenses usque ad annum 1700; Diarium rerum memorabilium abbaiia Rodensis in tlie archives of Aix-la- Chapelle; Acta SS.; Habets, (leschiedenis van het Hisdom Roer- mowi. III (187.5-92); Ernst, Hisloire du Limbourg, (I.i^ge, 1837- .52) ; DaRis, Notice Historique sur Ies if/liscs du diodse de Liige, XV (I.i^Ke, 1894); Neujean, Notice historique sur Vabbayr de Rolduc (Aix-la-Chapelle, 1868); Helyot, Histoire des ordres monasliques, relif/ieux et milUaires, II (Paris, 1714-19); CuYPERS, Revue de I'art chrHien (1892); Lennartz, Die Auqustiner Abtri Klosterrath.; Kerhten, Journal Historique rt I Altirairr, XIV (Lidge) ; COBTEN, RoUuc in Woord en Beeld (Utrecht, 1902).

Theophile Stenmans.

Rolfus, Hermann, Catholic educationist, b. at Freiburg, 24 May, 1821; d. at Biihl, near Offenburg, 27 October, 1896. After attending the gymnasium at Freiburg, he studicnl theology and philology at the university th(!re from 1840 to 1843, and was ordained

f)rie8t on 31 August, 1844. After he had served for )rief periods at various places, he was appointed curate at Thiengen in 1851, curat e-in-charge at Reisel- fingr-n in 1855, jiarish ])rie8t at the last named place in 1861, j)!irish jjriest at Reutlir- ne.'ir Freil)urg in 1867, at Sasbadi in 1875, and .-it liiihl in 1892. In 1867 the theological faculty at Freiburg gave him the degree of