Adbo of St.-Germain-des-Prés

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Alternate names/spellings: Abbo of St.-Germain-des-Pres, Abbo Cernuus ("The Crooked"), Abbo Parisiensis

Dates: 850 - 923 (Dates are approximate. ) 

Abbo, a monk of St-Germain-de-Pres 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:

• "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbo_Cernuus
• "The Catholic Encyclopedia":http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015a.htm