Heriger of Lobbes

Heriger von Lobbes (also Heriger von Laubach ; * around 940 in Leuven in the County of Flanders ; † October 31, 1007 in Lobbes (German Laubach ), Belgium ) was a monk, clergyman and composer and from 990 to 1007 abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Hainaut .

Life

Heriger von Lobbes became a monk and scholaster (head of the school) in the Benedictine abbey of Liège . In 989 he accompanied Notker , the bishop of Liège and nephew of Emperor Otto I , on his trip to Rome. On December 21, 990 he was elected Abbot of Lobbes to succeed Folcuin . The monastery and school continued to flourish under his aegis. Wazo , the future bishop of Liège, and Albert von Gembloux were among his students.

Works

In addition to his work as a consultant to Notker, Heriger also made a name for himself as an author of biographical and hagiographical writings.

Gesta episcorum Tungrensium, Trajectensium et Leodensium, before 980.
S. Landoaldi et sociorum translatio, June 980. For the monks of the Saint Bavo Abbey in Ghent on request Notkers.
Vita S. Ursmari. The biography of St. Ursmar von Lobbes is written in hexameters and has only survived in fragments.
Vita S. Adelini
Vita Remacli , biography of Saint Remaclius
Epistola ad quemdam Hugonem monachum
Dialogus de dissonantiis ecclesiae de adventu Christi, lost
Gesta episcoporum leodiensium , History of the Diocese of Liège
Regulæ de numerorum abaci rationibus , a mathematical work that deals, among other things, with a division method

He also worked as a composer and created unison chants, of which a hymn and two antiphons (alternating chants) have been passed down.

Antiphons on the Apostle Thomas
- O Thoma didime
- O Thoma Apostole
Marian hymn
- Ave perquam

literature

Wilhelm Wattenbach: Heriger . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 111.
Heriger of Lobbes : In: New Catholic encyclopedia. 2nd edition, Thomson / Gale, Detroit 2003, Volume 6, Page 780

Web links

Herigerus abbas Lobiensis in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Michel Huglo: Herigerus [Hériger]. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Digitized manuscripts in Swiss libraries (search term: Herigerus)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Heriger of Lobbes . In: The Catholic University of America (ed.): New Catholic encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. tape 6 . Gale Group Inc., Thomson Learning Inc., 2003, ISBN 0-7876-4010-7 , pp. 780 f .
↑ Max Manitius: Timeline . In: Walter Otto (Hrsg.): History of Latin literature in the Middle Ages . tape 2 . CH Becksche publishing house Oskar Beck, Munich 1923, p. 1923 ( uni-duesseldorf.de ).
↑ Max Manitius: Notker von Lüttich and Heriger von Laubach . In: Walter Otto (Hrsg.): History of Latin literature in the Middle Ages . tape 2 . C, H, Becksche Verlagsbuchhandlung Oskar Beck, Munich 1923, p. 219 ff . ( uni-duesseldorf.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Heriger of Lobbes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Herigerus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Clergyman and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	around 940
PLACE OF BIRTH	County of Flanders
DATE OF DEATH	October 31, 1007
Place of death	Lobbes , Belgium

[:0-1] Heriger of Lobbes . In: The Catholic University of America (ed.): New Catholic encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. tape 6 . Gale Group Inc., Thomson Learning Inc., 2003, ISBN 0-7876-4010-7 , pp. 780 f .

[2] Max Manitius: Timeline . In: Walter Otto (Hrsg.): History of Latin literature in the Middle Ages . tape 2 . CH Becksche publishing house Oskar Beck, Munich 1923, p. 1923 ( uni-duesseldorf.de ).

[3] Max Manitius: Notker von Lüttich and Heriger von Laubach . In: Walter Otto (Hrsg.): History of Latin literature in the Middle Ages . tape 2 . C, H, Becksche Verlagsbuchhandlung Oskar Beck, Munich 1923, p. 219 ff . ( uni-duesseldorf.de ).