Bertharius of Verdun

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Bertharius von Verdun ( Latin Bertarius Virdunensis , French Bertaire de Verdun ) (* approx. 875; † after 925) was a canon of a church in Verdun, which was later associated with the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Vanne in Verdun , which was founded in 952 .

Bertharius was a priest and chronicler of the diocese of Verdun . Around the year 888, the first year of Arnolf of Carinthia's rule as King of Eastern Franconia , the Verdun cathedral burned down and lost most of its books. Bertharius reconstructed the history of the Verdun bishops from what he had read and heard. In the 36th year of the term of office of Bishop Dado (term of office 880-923), i.e. in the year 915, maybe not until 916/917, the chronicle of the first 31 bishops of the diocese was written, dedicated to the bishop.

His work Excerptum domni Bertarii sacerdotis in gestis pontificum sanctae Virdunensis aecclesiae ad domnum Dadonem eiusdem sedis antistitem , published by Georg Waitz with the continuation under the title Gesta episcoporum Virdunensium , is a typical example of the historiographical genus Gesta episcoporum .

Bertharius is also known in Latin as Bertarius Virdunensis, or in French as Bertaire de Verdun and in many variations such as Bertarius sacerdos, Bertarius Decanus, Bertarius Sancti Vitoni, Bertarius Sancti Vitoni Virdunensis, Bertarius von Verdun, Bertharius, Berthar, Bertaire Chanoine, Bertaire de Saint-Vanne, Bertaire, Berthaire, Bercharius, Bercarius.

Edition

  • Georg Waitz: Gesta episcoporum Virdunensium auctoribus Bertario et anonymo monachis S. Vitoni . In: Georg Heinrich Pertz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 4: Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini et Saxonici. Hanover 1841, pp. 36–51 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
    • Reprinted by Jacques-Paul Migne : Patrologiae cursus completus, series latina , Volume 132, 1853, Col. 501-528, the text of the Excerptum on Col. 507-516.

literature

Web links

  • Entries on the author and the work in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Berend Wispelwey. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages . Volume 1. Saur 2008. p. 158. ( online ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Nicolas Roussel. Histoire ecclesiastique et civile de Verdun, avec le pouillé, la carte du diocèse et le plan de la ville par un chanoine de la même ville . Simon, 1745. S. XI. ( online )
  3. ↑ a b Johann Heinrich Zedler. Great complete universal encyclopedia of all sciences and arts, which bißhero were invented and improved by human understanding and wit . Vol. 3 B - Bi.Sedler, 1733. S. 1421. ( online )
  4. ↑ a b Ferdinand Piper. Introduction to monumental theology . R. Besser, 1867. pp. 375f. ( online )
  5. ↑ a b Rondet Remy Ceillier. Histoire générale des auteurs sacrés et ecclésiastiques . Vol. 20. Barois, 1757. p. 447. ( online )
  6. ↑ Bertharius. Excerptum Domni Bertarii Scaerdotis in gestis pontificum S. Virudensis Ecclesiae ad domnum Dadonem Ejusdem sedis antistitem . In: Jacques-Paul Migne. Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina: Sive, Bibliotheca Universalis, Integra, Uniformis, Commoda, Oeconomica, Omnium SS. Patrum, Doctorum Scriptorumque Ecclesiasticorum Qui Ab Aevo Apostolico Ad Usuque Innocentii III Tempora Floruerunt . Volume 132. Migne, 1853. pp. 507ff. ( online )
  7. ^ Johann Christian Felix Bähr. History of Roman Literature: Dept. History of Roman Literature in the Carolingian Age . III. Supplement band. F. Müller'sche, 1840, p. 243. ( online )
  8. ↑ Steven Vanderputten. Imagining Religious Leadership in the Middle Ages: Richard of Saint-Vanne and the Politics of Reform . Cornell University Press, 2015, pp. 74f. ( online )
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h Rolf Schönberger. Bertarius Virdunensis . In: Alcuin - Authors and texts from the history of thought in the Middle Ages (500–1500 AD)
  10. ↑ John McClintock. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature : Supplement, Volume 1. Harper, 1885. ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Bertharius of Verdun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertarius Virdunensis; Bertaire de Verdun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Presbyter and chronicler of the Bishops of Verdun
DATE OF BIRTH around 875
DATE OF DEATH after 925