Heinrich von Herford

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heinrich von Herford ; also Heinrich von Hervord, Henricus de Hervordia; (* around 1300 in Herford ; † October 9, 1370 in the Dominican Monastery of St. Pauli in Minden ), learned Dominican , chronicler , historian and theologian.

Life

Few facts are available about the life of Heinrich von Herford. Born around 1300 in Herford, he probably attended the Latin school of the imperial abbey there (today Friedrichs-Gymnasium Herford ) and stayed in Lemgo in 1326. Around 1328 he was in the Dominican monastery of Soest and since then or only in Minden he belonged to the Dominican order , in whose general chapter he had participated in Milan in 1340 . He died on October 9, 1370 in the Dominican monastery of St. Pauli in Minden, where he most likely spent most of his life. Heinrich's writings must have earned him a relative fame shortly after his death, as Emperor Charles IV arranged for him to be reburied in a more honorable burial place seven years after Heinrich's death and hosted a large funeral ceremony for which a number of people of both secular and spiritual importance were present.

Works

  • Liber de rebus memorabilioribus
  • Catena aurea in decem partes distincta
  • De Conceptione Virginis gloriosae

literature

Individual proof

  1. ^ R. Pape: About the school at Herford Cathedral in the Middle Ages, in: Friedrichs-Gymnasium Herford 1540-1990, pp. 18-26.

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich von Herford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinrich von Hervord; Henricus de Hervordia; Henrici de Herfordia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION learned Dominican, chronicler, historian and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1300
PLACE OF BIRTH Herford
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1370
Place of death Minden