ALGER OF LIEGE (d c. 1131), known also as ALGER OF
CLUNY and ALGERUS MAGISTER, a learned French priest who
lived in the first half of the 12th century. He was first a
deacon of the church of St Bartholomew at Liege, his native
town, and was then appointed (c. 1100) to the cathedral
church of St Lambert. He declined many offers from German
bishops and finally retired to the monastery of Cluny, where
he died about 1131 at a great age and leaving a good reputation
for piety and intelligence. His History of the Church of
Liege, and many of his other works, are lost. The most
important of those still extant are: 1. De Misericordia et
Justitia, a collection of biblical and patristic extracts
with a commentary (an important work for the history of
church law and discipline), which is to be found in the
Anecdota of Martene, vol. v. 2. De Sacramentis Corporis
et Sanguinis Domini; a treatise, in three books, against
the Berengarian heresy, highly commended by Peter of Cluny and
Erasmus. 3. De Gratia et Libero Arbitrio; given in B. Pez's
Anecdota, vol. iv. 4. De Sacrificio Missae; given in the
Collectio Scriptor. Vet. of Angelo Mai, vol. ix. p. 371.
See Migne, Patrol Ser. Lat. vol. clxxx. pp. 739-.972; Herzog-
Hauck, Realencyk.fur prot. Theol., art. by S. M. Deutsch.
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