Milon (1)

a French monastic, was born about the beginning of the 9th century. In his youth he submitted to the monastic rules of the abbey of Saint Imand. Some critics have reckoned him among the abbots of that house, but this is an erroneous opinion. Milon was superintendent of the schools attached to Saint Amand, when Charles the Bald confided to him the education of his two sons, Pepin and Drogon. He died June 20, 872. A great number of the poems of Milon have been preserved. His Vie de Saint Amand, in heroic verse, is preserved in the collection of Bollandus of February 5th. It is to be regretted that we cannot find in this collection a supplement in prose to the Vie de Saint Amand by the monk Baudemond. Henschenius pretends, it is true, that this supplement is not the work of Milon; but the manuscripts, the epitaph of Milon, and the authority of Mabillon condemn the assertion of Henschenius. This supplement can be found in Surius of February 6th. Mabillon and Bollandus have, besides, published two sermons of Milon on Saint Amand, which are also found in the works of Philip, abbot of Bonne- Esperance. To the writings already mentioned we may add a Homelie sur Saint Principe, edited by Surius; a little poem, Sur le Printemps et l'Hiver, published by Casimir Oudin, in his Supplenmentun de Scriptoribus ecclesiasticis a Bellarmino omissis; an epitaph on the princes Drogon and Pepin, in the collection of Bollandus, June 16th, ascribed to Milon by Mabillon; two pieces in hexameter verse, Sur la. Croix, which are still unedited; also a poem, Sur la Sobrietfe, published by Martene, Anecd. 1:44. See Trithemius, De Script. eccles. c. 283; Mabillon, Annal. 1:427; Hist. Litt. de la France, 5:409; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.