Gottfried of Auxerre
Gottfried von Auxerre (* around 1115/20 in Auxerre , † after 1188 in Hautecombe ; also: Gottfried von Clairvaux ) was a Cistercian monk and after 1141 personal secretary of the Cistercian abbot Bernhard von Clairvaux , later also abbot of Clairvaux and biographer of Saint Bernard.
Life
Born around 1115 in Auxerre , approx. 150 km southeast of Paris , he studied in his youth between 1134 and 1140 in Paris, among others with Peter Abelard , before Bernhard von Clairvaux gave him a sermon to the clergy in Paris in 1140 or 1141 won for the Cistercian Order . After an interlude as abbot of Igny , he followed Bernhard to the Abbatiat of Clairvaux in 1162 , but was three years later by Pope Alexander III. released from this office again. Then he went to the mother monastery Cîteaux near Dijon . In 1170 he became abbot of Fossanova near Rome and six years later abbot of Hautecombe in Savoy , before he died in 1188.
plant
After his conversion to the monastic life, Gottfried von Auxerre became an irreconcilable opponent of the new teachings of Peter Abelard and Gilbert de la Porrée .
As Bernhard von Clairvaux's biographer and collector of his letters, Gottfried developed a rich literary activity. In 1145 he combined 310 letters from Bernhard to form a first collection of letters; in addition, he recorded his life and miracles, revised the first two books of the Vita prima Bernhard , which came from another pen, and added three more books (III-V), as well as the Historia miraculorum in the Itinere Germanico patratorum , also known as VI. Book of the Vita Bernhard is called.
He also wrote pamphlets, commentaries and many sermons.
literature
- Wendelin Knoch : Gottfried v. Clairvaux . In: Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3rd edition, Volume 4, p. 948.
- Ulrich Köpf : Gottfried von Clairvaux. In: Religion Past and Present . 4th edition, volume 3.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Gottfried von Clairvaux (or from Auxerre). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 273-274.
Web links
- Gottfried von Auxerre: Notes on Peter Abelard ( online )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried of Auxerre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaufried; Geoffrey; Gottfried von Clairvaux; Gottfried von Hautecombe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cistercian, abbot and biographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1115 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auxerre |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1188 |
| Place of death | Hautecombe |