Quick Facts
- Also spelled:
- Helgaldus
- Died:
- 1048
Adding us as a Preferred Source tells Google you trust our content, so our articles show up more often in your Google Search, Discover feed, and AI Overviews.
verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies.
Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Helgaud
French historian
Helgaud (died 1048) was a French Benedictine monk at the abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire whose major work, Epitoma vitae Roberti regis, is an artless, historically unreliable biography of the French king Robert II the Pious.
Exhibiting more adulation than knowledge of the King, Helgaud related how Robert cured blind men and allowed himself to be robbed by beggars. Nevertheless, Helgaud furnishes a few details of the little-known reign and private life of Robert.
He also wrote a history of the founding of the abbey at Fleury-sur-Loire in the 7th century. The text of his works is printed by J.-P. Migne in Patrologia Latina (vol. 141, 1844).
This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors.
By clicking “Sign Up”, you consent to the Britannica
Privacy Policy
and
Terms of Use.