Adolf of Essen
Adolf von Essen (* around 1350 (uncertain); † June 4, 1439 in Trier ), also named Adolfus de Assindia, was a Carthusian and ascetic author. As a promoter of popular piety, he worked for the dissemination of the rosary and the rosary prayer of his pupil Dominic of Prussia .
It is unclear whether he is identical to Adolphus de Essendia, who was admitted to the Cologne artist faculty in 1398 as a student . Entry into the Trier Charterhouse St. Alban soon after 1398 would then be unlikely. He is documented as prior there between 1409 and 1415, when he founded the Marienfloss Charterhouse near Sierck at the request of the Lorraine duke couple Charles II and Margarete and managed it until 1421. Returning to Trier, he was transferred to Liège in 1433 because of controversies with his prior , from where he could not return until 1437. He died of the plague in 1439. His main work is a biography of the Duchess Magaretha of Lorraine , which is only preserved in a copy from the 17th century and only fragments of which were printed in 1627.
literature
- Hermann Ries: Adolf von Essen (Adolphus de Assindia, de Essendia). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 86 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Joseph Klinkhammer: Adolf von Essen and his works. The rosary in the historical situation of its creation and in its enduring concern. A source research , Frankfurt am Main, Josef Knecht Verlag, 1972; ( Review of the book )
Web links
- Publications on Adolf von Essen in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adolf of Essen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adolphus de Essindia; Adolphus de Assindia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German monk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1350 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1439 |
| Place of death | trier |