Reginbert of Reichenau (died 846) was a

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

monk A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...

who was a librarian, scholar and author active at the

Abbey of Reichenau Reichenau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on Reichenau Island (known in Latin as Augia Dives) in southern Germany. It was founded in 724 by the itinerant Saint Pirmin, who is said to have fled Visigothic Spain ahead of the Moorish invaders, w ...

, in what is now Germany. Reginbert made significant contributions in building up the important book collection of the monastery. Among his major works is the "Library of Symbols", which was written around A.D. 820.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20151005173349/http://www.blb-karlsruhe.de/blb/blbhtml/besondere-bestaende/provenienz/reichenau.php * Müller R: ''Reginbert von (der) Reichenau''. In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. 3. Edition. 19 (1999). P. 515. 846 deaths German abbots Year of birth unknown {{Christianity-bio-stub