Blessed Tutilo

From his youth, he was raised at the monastery of Saint monastère de Saint-Gall Famous Benedictine monastery associated with the life of the saint. Gall, where he dedicated himself to the service of God u nder the Rul saint Benoît Author of the monastic rule adopted by Father Muard. e of Saint Benedict. Tutilon applied himse lf t Ison Famous master at the monastery of Saint Gall. here , unde Marcel Master of Notker the Stammerer, known for his rigor and chastity. r the famous Ison and Marcellus, to the study of all the liberal arts, and became a poet, orator, musician, and as skilled a painter and carver as one could be in his century. He also acquired some knowledge of the mechanical arts. But music having a particular appeal for him, he cultivated it with renewed care. He succeeded so perfectly in playing all kinds of instruments that his abbot appointed him to instruct the noble children who were being raised at Saint Gall.

So many fine acquired qualities, combined with the gifts he had received from nature, led Emperor Charles the F at, who spoke o Charles le Gros Emperor of the West and husband of Saint Richardis. n this occasion according to the way of thinking of the world, to say that it was a pity that such a fine man had been buried in the obscurity of the cloister.

Far from this brilliance harming Tutilon's virtue, it only gave it more luster.

He was most assiduous in the choir, and so zealous for the observance of the rules and propriety, that he could not see anything that offended them without setting himself to remedy it and to rebuke it openly. He held chastity in such high regard that he was recognized in this as a true disciple of Marcellus, who closed his eyes at the sig ht of Marcel Master of Notker the Stammerer, known for his rigor and chastity. a woman. Although he was often obliged to leave the monastery, he had no less attraction for compunction accompanied by tears when he was in the secrecy of his retreat.

His skill in painting and engraving sometimes caused him to be called to distant places. He worked notably in Metz and Metz City where the saint received his theological training. at Sai nt-Alban in Mainz. But Saint-Alban de Mayence Site of the assassination of Emperor Alexander Severus. when his works drew excessive praise, he took care to slip away and leave the place where it occurred, to avoid the stirrings of vainglory. He was accustomed to accompany his engravings and paintings with some epigram, or at least some monostich of his own composition.

Tutilo died in the odor of sanctity on the 28th of March, though the precise year is unknown; however, one can hardly be mistaken in placing it around the year 898. He was buried at Saint Gall in the chapel of Saint Catherine, which, in the course of time, took, along with the cemetery contiguous to i t, the name o Saint-Tutilon Monk of Saint Gall, polymath artist and poet of the 9th century. f Saint Tutilo.

Little remains today of the writings of the Blessed Tutilon, although it is asserted that he had left several productions of his mind, all marked with the stamp of piety. They consisted for the most part of hymns and ecclesiastical chants. Several are indicated by their opening words, and some had been presented, during the author's lifetime, to King Charles, who himself also dabbled i n composing roi Charles Emperor of the West and husband of Saint Richardis. them. But of all these pieces of Tutilon's learning, only three short elegies have been printed, along with a hymn in iambic dimeter verse.

See C anisius Canizii Author of the Thesaurus monumentorum ecclesiasticorum. , Thesaurus monum. eccl., vol. II, pp. 216-218. Taken from the Histoire littéraire de la France, vol. V, p. 671; se e also Dom Dom Calmet Scholar and historian cited for his description of relics. Calmet, Biblioth. Lorraine, p. 93 2; and Dom Dom Gerbert Author of a treatise on sacred music. Gerbert, De Cantu et Musica sacra, vol. II, pp. 32 and 59.