Aleidis Raiscop

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Aleidis Raiscop (Raeskop and other forms of name; * 1449 in Goch ; † December 15, 1507 in the Rolandswerth monastery ) was a Benedictine and writer.

Aleidis Raiscop entered the Hagenbusch monastery near Xanten. In 1467 she moved to the Rolandswerth Monastery (now Nonnenwerth) as a learned schoolmaster. The Benedictine woman wrote seven Latin homilies (sermons) on St. Paul and translated a German work on Holy Mass into Latin. Johannes Butzbach dedicated his work “De illustribus mulieribus” (About famous women) from 1505 to the learned nun.

In 1932, Goch named a street in memory of Raiscop.

literature

  • Heinrich Joseph Floß: The Rolandswerth Monastery . In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine 19 (1868), pp. 76–219 ( Google Books )

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