Alexander of Telese
Alexander von Telese (* towards the end of the 11th century; † before 1143 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery of San Salvatore near Telese and author of a biography of Rogers II of Sicily .
His chronicle , divided into four books, reports mainly on the history of the years from 1127 to 1135, but has not survived in full. Whether a continuation was planned until 1140 in order to be able to describe the completion of Roger's reforms can therefore not be determined with certainty. He met Roger several times. Alexander received the inspiration for his work from Countess Mathilde von Alife , a sister of the king. He attributes the Sicilian kingship entirely to its own roots; he does not mention the role of Pope Anaclet II . He describes the political conception of Rogers and his followers in dream narratives, and provides numerous individual pieces of information on the history of events. At the beginning of Book IV he describes Roger's bureaucratic inclinations.
Edition
- M. Reichenmiller: Previously unknown dream stories by Alexander von Telese , German Archive 19, 1963, 339–352.
- D. Clementi: Alexandri Telesini Ystoria serenissimi Rogerii primi regis Siciliae, lib. IV, 6-10 , BISIAM 77, 1965, 105-126.
- Alexandri Telesini abbatis Ystoria Rogerii regis Siciliae, Calabrie atque Apulie . Testo a cura di L. De Nava. Commento storico a cura di Dione Clementi, Roma 1991 (Fonti per la Storia d'Italia, 112)
literature
- Horst Enzensberger : Alexander von Telese . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 380 f.
- Repertorium fontium historiae medii aevi II , 1967, p. 188 f.
- Alessandro di Telese. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 2: Albicante – Ammannati. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960, pp. 236-237.
Web links
- Literature in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
- ↑ The successor Stephen has been documented since November 1143: Italia Pontificia IX, p. 119
- ↑ Chapters 6-10 of Book IV, which were discovered only a few decades ago, deal with the year 1136.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexander of Telese |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of San Salvatore |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | before 1143 |