Dietrich von Apolda
Dietrich von Apolda (* 1220 or 1230 ; † after 1302 ) was a Dominican and author of biographies of saints .
Life path
Dietrich probably came from the family of the Lords von Apolda . He entered the Dominican monastery in Erfurt in 1247 , where he stayed until the end of his life. He became known through two biographies of saints he wrote, namely a vita of St. Dominic and a vita of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia that was commissioned by his order . Elisabeth's vita in particular was widely received and shaped the image of the popular saint well beyond the Middle Ages. It was first published in print in 1604 by the historian Heinrich Canisius , a nephew of St. Petrus Canisius .
literature
- Willehad Paul Eckert: Dietrich von Apolda. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 687 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Dietrich (Dominican) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 190.
- Monika Rener (Ed.): The Vita of St. Elisabeth of Dietrich von Apolda . Marburg 1993 ISBN 3-7708-0999-8
- Monika Rener (Ed.): Dietrich von Apolda, The life of St. Elisabeth . Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse Volume 67/03, Marburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-7708-1311-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietrich von Apolda in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Dietrich von Apolda in the German Digital Library
- Theodericus de Apolda in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Meister Eckhart and his time - Dominicans - Dietrich von Apolda
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Honemann, Rudolf Suntrup: literary landscapes: writings on German-language literature in the east of the empire , Volume 11 of: Cultural change from the Middle Ages to the early modern times , Verlag Peter Lang, 2008, p. 173, ISBN 3631570783 ; (Digital scan)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dietrich von Apolda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican, author of biographies of saints |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1220 or 1230 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1302 |