Alberic was likely from a noble
Liège family which could afford a good education for him. He became a monk of Trois-Fontaines Abbey no later than 1230. In 1232, Alberic began his chronicle
Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium and continued working on it until at least 1251 since he used a history by
Gilles of Orval Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium ("Deeds of the
Bishops of Liège"). His sources also included the
universal chronicle of
Sigebert of Gembloux and Books 45-49 of
Helinand of Froidmont's
Chronicon. Alberic's chronicle describes world events from the
Creation and contains original writing starting from 674, when (according to the chronicle) the relics of
St. Benedict were moved from a monastery in
Monte Cassino to the
Fleury Abbey on the banks of the
Loire. The chronicle ends abruptly with a description of the transfer of the body of
Jacques de Vitry (d. 1240) to the
Oignies Abbey in 1241. Alberic's chronicle was published in the
Monumenta Germaniae Historica in 1874. ==References==