Eckbert von Schönau
Eckbert von Schönau (* around 1120, † 1184 ) was the brother of Saint Elisabeth von Schönau . He entered the men's convent of the Benedictine monastery in Schönau in 1155 or 1156 . He wrote down his sister's visions in Latin.
He later became abbot of the Schönau monastery.
His thirteen sermons against the Cathars ( Sermones contra Catharos ) were written after 1163, after the burning of some Cathars under the Archbishop of Cologne, Reinald von Dassel , who had previously been heard by Eckbert. The name Katharer was first used in German by Eckbert, and from then on, like heretic, it became the common name for every heretic. After Charles Schmidt it is the only work by a German author against the Cathars.
His writings were edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Emil Roth . The Latin text of the sermons against the Cathars and the visions of Elizabeth is printed in volume 195 of the Patrologia Latina .
literature
- Robert Harrison: Eckbert of Schönau and Catharism: A Reevaluation , in: Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 22 (1), pp. 41–54.
- Kurt Köster: Ekbert von Schönau. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 429 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Emil Roth (ed.): The visions and letters of St. Elisabeth and the writings of Abbots Ekbert and Emecho von Schönau , 2nd edition Brno 1886 (see Wikisource ).
- Charles Schmidt : Histoire et doctrine de la secte des Cathares ou Albigeois , Paris 1849 (2 vols.)
Web links
- Eckbert von Schönau in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Dialogue on the Miracles ( Dialogus miraculorum ) of Caesarius von Heisterbach reports on these events in Book V, Chapter 19: "Of the heretics burned in Cologne."
- ^ Schmidt, Volume II, p. 239
Remarks
- ↑ According to DNB, uncertain
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eckbert von Schönau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Schönau monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1120 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1184 |