Venerable
Aaron Scotus
A venerable father honored at Cologne, who reposed in 1052.
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- Reposed
- 105211th century
- Place
- Cologne
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Aaron Scotus (late tenth century to 14 December 1052) was an Irish abbot and music theorist, a Benedictine monk. In his youth he went on pilgrimage to the Gaelic convent of Saint Martin in Cologne, of which he became abbot in 1042. Historians now reject his identification with Aaron, abbot of Saint Pantaleon. He is credited with first introducing the Gregorian evening office into Germany and with two treatises, De utilitate cantus vocalis and De regulis tonorum et symphoniarum. The sources show no canonization.