Iacopone da Todi
Iacopone da Todi , originally Iacobus de Benedictis , (* between 1230 and 1236 in Todi in the Duchy of Spoleto ; † December 25, 1306 in Collazzone ), practiced the profession of lawyer until the sudden accidental death of his young wife changed his life; he gave up his job and lived a poor penitent in the streets of his hometown. At least that's how it is told in a biography, which, however, came much later. His drastic symbolic actions are said to have given Iacobo the nickname “Iacopone” (roughly “crazy Jacob”): An acquaintance once asked him to bring some chickens from the market “home” for him. Iacopone then stowed them in the man's family crypt, because there, “in the grave, we are all really at home”. After ten years of a life as a penitent fool he joined the mendicant orders of the Franciscans one.
In " poverty dispute " a dispute within the Order of the commitment to poverty, to Iacopone sat radical for absolute poverty in the sense of the Holy Francis of Assisi and fell thereby into conflict with Pope Boniface VIII. , Of him excommunicated and imprisoned (1298 -1303). After the death of the Pope, the sentence was lifted so that Iacopone, reconciled with the Church, could die among his confreres.
Iacopone is considered an excellent religious poet of the Middle Ages . It is important that he wrote mainly in the Italian or Umbrian vernacular and did not limit himself to the Latin language of scholars. In his laude he thought deeply into the sufferings of Christ . However, the Stabat mater , a famous and elaborate Latin hymn traditionally traced back to Iacopone , is no longer ascribed to him today. In addition to the passion and suffering themes, (God's) love is at the center of his poetry.
Iacopone is the patron saint of Todi.
literature
- Jacopone da Todi: Lauden. Italian with German translation by Hertha Federmann. Hegner, Cologne 1967. (A biography from the 16th century is also printed).
- Michael Hanst: Jacopone von Todi. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 1418-1420.
- Manfred Hardt : History of Italian Literature . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-518-39961-6 , pp. 22-25 .
- Kurt Ruh : history of occidental mysticism . Volume 2: Women's mysticism and early Franciscan mysticism . Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-34499-2 , pp. 473-485.
- Franco Suitner: Iacopone da Todi: poesia, mistica, rivolta nell´Italia del Medioevo. Donzelli, Rome 1999, ISBN 88-7989-480-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Iacopone da Todi in the catalog of the German National Library
- German translation of selected poems Iacopone
- Poems in the original Italian language
- Church window "Iacopone da Todi" in the parish church of Sankt Clemens, Dortmund-Hombruch
- Literature database of the Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Little Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich 1950, p. 752.
- ^ Andreas Krass: Stabat mater dolorosa. In: VL² , Vol. 9 (1995), Col. 207-214, here Col. 208.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iacopone da Todi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iacobus de Benedictis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | religious poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1230 and 1236 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Todi |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1306 |
| Place of death | Collazzone |