Elsbeth Stagel
Elsbeth Stagel , also Elisabeth Stagel or Elsbeth Staglin (* around 1300 in Zurich , † around 1360 in Töss near Winterthur ) was a Swiss nun and later the prioress of the Dominican convent Töss .
She was the daughter of a Zurich councilor. She turned to Heinrich Seuse with questions about Meister Eckhart and got to know him personally around 1336. A deep spiritual friendship developed between her and Seuse, and the two of them were in lively correspondence. As the “spiritual daughter” of Seuse, she is of great importance in his works; How far she contributed to their literary drafting is still a much debated question today.
Elsbeth Stagel was co-author of the Tösser Sisters' Book from around 1340 with the vitae of 39 sisters, which offer a far-reaching representation of the Tösser women's mysticism . Among the lives is also that of Elisabeth of Hungary , who lived with Stagel in the monastery. It is thanks to Stagel's reports that today a great deal is known about the life of the princess in Töss Monastery.
literature
Edition: Ferdinand Vetter (Ed.): The life of the Sisters zu Töss described by Elsbet Stagel including the preface by Johannes Meier and the life of Princess Elisabeth of Hungary . Berlin 1906 (= DTM 6)
- Elsbeth Stagel: The life of the sisters at Töß . Rotapfel-Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich, 1923
- Robert H. Oehninger: We had a blessed sister ... 33 life stories about Dominican women from the Töss monastery near Winterthur . Werd Verlag, Zurich 2003
- Thomas Gandlau: STAGEL, Elisabeth. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 1125-1127.
- Alois M. Haas: Stagel, Elsbeth . In: VL² , 9 : 219-225 (1995)
- Martina Wehrli-Johns: Stagel, Elsbeth. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Klaus Grubmüller: The vitae of the sisters von Töß and Elsbeth Stagel. Tradition and literary unity. ZfdA 98 (1969) pp. 171-204
Web links
- Tösser sister book
- Wikisource: Tösser sister book
- Literature by and about Elsbeth Stagel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article in «Tössemer»
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SURNAME | Elsbeth Stagel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elisabeth Stagel; Elsbeth Staglin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss nun and later prioress of the Dominican convent in Töss |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1300 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1360 |
Place of death | Töss near Winterthur |