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nirich of Bamberg, (Udalricus Babenbergen- sis), a cleric of the cathedral church of Bamberg, of whom nothing more is known than that he lived about 1100 at Bamberg. He is probably identical with the priest of Bamberg of the same name (d. 7 July, 1127), who is often mentioned in official documents and who bestowed large benefits on the monastery of Michelsberg. Ulrich's work is called "Codex epistolaris, continens variorum pontificum et imperatorum Romanorum, ut et S.R.E. cardinalium et S.R.I, principum ecclesiasticorum seculariumque epistolas". This collection of documents was com- pleted in 112.5 and dedicated to Bishop Gebhard of Wurzburg. It contains letters from the year 900 on and was undoubtedly intended for the training of chancellors and statesmen, giving examples as models for the form of letters and public documents. Nu- merous important letters and charters of that period, which are preserved in it, offer rich material for the history of the relations between the emperors and popes; in particular the letters exchanged by Emperor Lothair, Henry the Proud, and Innocent I give an animated and instructive picture of conditions at that time. These letters also show how the states- men at the episcopal courts and probably also the bishops were trained. After the coUection had been closed by Uhich several supplements were added that extend to 11.34; these additional documents are generally addressed to Bishop Otto of Bamberg. The work has been well edited by Jaffe in the " Bibliotheca rerum germanicarum", V (Berlin, 1869).

PcTTHAST Bibliotheca hislorica (Berlin, 1S96) 1079; Watten- BACH, Deutschlands Geschichtsquetlen, II {Berlin, 1894), 184 sq.

Patkicids Schlager.

TJlrich of Richenthal, chronicler of the Council of Constance, date of birth unknown; died about 1438. Ulrich was a citizen of Constance, well educated and a good latinist. He was a landowner and a layman, perhaps a son of the town-clerk of Constance, Johannes Richenthal, who lived in the second half of the fourteenth century. During the session of the fficumenical Council of Constance Ulrich frequently came into connexion with the fathers assembled. He met the papal delegates who had to provide quarters for the members of the coun- cil. He was employed in business matters by princes who were jiresent in the city during the council, and a bishop lived in his house. Ulrich followed the council, the great events that took place in it, the festivities, and all the celebrations of which his native town was the theatre. He wrote in the German dialect of Constance an exact and careful account of all, introducing much statistical matter. This chronicle is preserved in several manuscripts, of which one at St. Petersburg is in Latin. The manuscripts contain coats-of-arms and other illustrations valuable for the history of civilizat ion. H. Sevin edited a hclio- graphic reproduction (Karlsruhe, 1881) of the Aulen- dorfer manuscript, the best one. A photographic reproduction has also been issued (Stuttgart, 1869) of a manuscript, at Constance. Buck prepared the best edition of the text, which appeared in the "Bibliothek des literarischen Vereins", CLVIII (Stuttgart, 1SS2). The Latin text was edited by the Russian Archjpo- logical Society (St. Petersburg, 1874).

KinTZscH in Zeitschrift filr die Geschichle des Oberrheins (1894) ; Beyerle, ibid. (1899); Potthast. Bibl hist, medii cevi (2nd ed.), II, 1079-80. Hcyck in AUaem. deul. Biog.. a. v.

J. P. KiKSCU.

Ulrich of Zell, Saint (Wulderic; called also op CuiNY, and OF Ratisbon), b. at Ratisbon, at the be- ginning of 1029; d. at Zell, probably on 10 July, 1093. Feast, 14 July (10). Two lives of him are extant: the first, written anonymously c. 1109 by a monk of Zell at the request of Adalbert, a reclu.se near Hatisbon; the other, also anonymous, written between 1 109 and 1130. Particulars of his life arc also contained in his

writings. His parents, pious and rich, were Bernhold and Bucca, niece of Bishop Gebhard II. Ulrich prob- ably received his education at St. Emmeram, but in 1044 he was called to the court of his godfather, Henry IV, and acted as page to the Empress Agnes. Ordained deacon by his uncle Nidger, Bishop of Frei- sing, he was made archdeacon of the cathedral. On his return from a journey to Rome he distributed his pos- sessions to the poor, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and, after another short visit to Rome, entered the Abbey of Cluny in 1061, during the reign of St. Hugo. Here he soon exceOed in piety and dihgence, made his profession, was ordained priest and ap- pointed confessor to the convent at Mareigny in the Diocese of Autun, and prior of the community of men in the same place. Here he lost an eye and was obhged to return to Cluny.

He was then named prior at Peterlingen (Payerne) in the Diocese of Lausanne, but on account of troubles caused by Bishop Burchard von Oltingen, a partisan of Henry IV, Ulrich again went to Cluny, where he acted as adviser to his abbot. A nobleman had donated to Cluny some property at Griiningcn near Breisach, and Ulrich was sent to inspect the place and eventually to lay the foundation of a monastery. Not finding the locality suitable, he with his monks in 1087 retired to Zell (Sell, Sella, VillmarszeOe) m the Black Forest, where the report of his virtues soon brought him many disciples. He enjoyed the esteem of Blessed Geb- hard III, Bishop of Basle, who frequently visited him. In 1090 he established a convent for nuns at Boles- weiler (now BoUschweil), about a mile from Zell. God granted him the gift of miracles. The last two years of his Ufe he was bUnd. He was buried in the cloister, but three years later his body was brought into the church. His feast was celebrated for the first time 14 July, 1139. His life of Hermann von Zah- ringen, Margrave of Baden, later a monk of Cluny, is also lost. His "Consuetudines cluniacenses" (in P. L., CXLIX, 657) were composed at the request of William, Abbot of Hirschau, in three books. The first two, written between 1079 and 1082, treat of liturgy and the education of novices; the third, writ- ten not later than 10S7, speaks of the government of monasteries.

Acta :SS.. July, III, 142; Mabillon, Acta SS. O.S.B.. ssec. VI, 2, 779; HuRTER, Nomenclator; Heimbucher, Die Orden u. Kongr.. I (Paderborn, 1907); 251; Hawiller. Ulrich von Cluny (Mun- Bter, 1896), on which see Slimmen aus Maria-Laach, LII, 328, and Theol-prakl. Monatsschrift. XII (Passau). 374.

Francis Mershman.

Ultan of Ardbraccan, Saint, Ireland, was the maternal uncle of St. Brigid, and collected a life of that great Irish saint for his pupil, St. Brogan CJoen of Rostuirc, in Ossory. There seems to be some difficulty in his chronology inasmuch as the assump- tion of his relation to St. Brigid must involve an extraordinary longevity, namely 180 years, because his death is not chronicled till 657. \Vindisch, how- ever, exijlains away the seeming inconsistency. The Irish .Annals describe St. Ultan as of the royal race of O'Connor, and he succeeded St. Breccan as Abbot- Bishop of Ardbraccan about the year 570. From O'Clery's "Irish Calendar" we learn that he educated and fed thousands of poor students from all parts of Ireland. Of his literary powers there are several specimens, among others, lives of St. Patrick and St. Brigid. His exquisite Latin hymn of the latter saint, commencing "Christus in nostra insula", is incorporated in the Solcsmes Chant books. He was also an accomplished illuminator of books. The exact year of his death is uncertain, the various annal- ists giving 653, 656, 657, and 62, but probably we are safe in following the ".\nnals of Ulster", wherein his obit is recorded under the year 657. He died on 4 Sept., on which (l;iy his fc;ist has always been cele- brated. St. Ultan'sWell is still at Ardbraccan.