Career
Alger was first deacon of church of Street Bartholomew in his native Liège and was then appointed (c 1100) to Saint Lambert"s Cathedral. He declined offers from German bishops and finally retired to the monastery of Cluny, where he died at a high age, leaving behind a solid reputation for piety and intelligence. His History of the Church of Liège, and many of his other works, are lost.
The most important remaining are:
De Misericordia et Justitia (On Mercy and Justice), a collection of biblical extracts and sayings of Church Fathers with commentary (an important work for the history of church law and discipline), which is to be found in the Anecdota of Martène, volunteer v.
De Sacramentis Corporis et Sanguinis Domini. A treatise, in three books, against the Berengarian heresy, highly commended by Peter of Cluny and Erasmus.
De Gratia et Libero Arbitrio. Given in Bernard Pez"s Anecdota, volunteer iv.
De Sacrificio Missae.
Given in the Collectio Scriptor. Veterinary of Angelo Mai, volunteer ix. p. 371.
See Migne, Patrol Ser.
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739-.972; Herzog-Hauck, Realencyk. für prot. Theological, art by Master of Science Deutsch.