Heinrich of Cologne
Heinrich von Köln , also called Heinrich von Marsberg (* around 1200 in Mühlhausen near today's Marsberg ; † October 23, 1229 in Cologne ) was a theologian , scientist , preacher and founder and first prior of the Cologne Dominican Convention on the Holy Cross .
Heinrich von Marsberg traveled to Paris in 1218 to study theology until 1219 . There he met in the Jacobin monastery of the Rue Saint-Jacques later Superior General and successor of St. Dominic , Jordan of Saxony , who would become his close friend, and he came at whose suggestion the Dominican order. In 1221 he was the first prior to found a Dominican convent in Cologne. With his great preaching talent in the Augustinian tradition, Heinrich von Marsberg helped the Cologne Convention, whose first brothers came from Bologna and Paris, to a great upswing. He took part in the general capital in Bologna in 1225 and in the provincial chapter in 1229 and died shortly after his return in Cologne.
literature
- Paul-Gundolf Gierath's OP: Heinrich von Köln. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 413 ( digitized version ).
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Moeller / Bruno Jahn (eds.), German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches , 2009, p. 616
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich of Cologne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinrich von Marsberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Preacher, Dominican prior |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1200 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1229 |
| Place of death | Cologne |