Arnold (Abbot)
Arnold († 1166 ) was a historian (possibly the Annalista Saxo ) and abbot of the Berge and Nienburg monasteries.
Arnold came from the Diocese of Halberstadt . In 1119 he became abbot of the Johannes monastery in Berge near Magdeburg . He also became abbot of the Imperial Monastery of Nienburg an der Saale (in Saxony-Anhalt) in 1134 . Following the example of Adam von Bremen , he created a Magdeburg diocese history for the period up to 1142. After that, he is said to have written a Frankish-German history from 1144 to 1152, which extends from 741 to 1139. Whether this is the Annalista Saxo is controversial.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Arnold, abbot of the monasteries mountains and Nienburg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 231-232.
- Joachim Leuschner: Arnold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 379 f. ( Digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Annalista Saxo (controversial) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Historian and abbot of the Berge and Nienburg monasteries |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1166 |