Adbo of St.-Germain-des-Près Abbo of St.-Germain-des-Pres; Abbo Cernuus
lived 850 - 923
Abbo, a monk of St-Germain-de-Près in Paris, is best known as the author of the only eyewitness account of the Viking siege of Paris and subsequent events in 885-886, in Latin verse. His patron may have been Odo of France, who appears favorably in the work; however, little else is know about Abbo himself. For more information, see:
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- Pertz, G.H., ed., Abbonis de Bello Parisiaco
- Dass, Nirmal, ed., trans., Viking Attacks on Paris: The Bella parisiacae urbis of Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Près
- Godman, Peter, ed., trans., Poetry of the Carolingian Renaissance
