Johannes Hiltalingen from Basel
Johannes Hiltalingen von Basel (* around 1315, 1322 or 1330 in Basel ; † before October 10, 1392 , buried in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Magister and Provincial of the Order of the Augustinian Hermits . In the occidental schism he joined Pope Clement VII and became a general of the Avignon faction of the Augustinian order , later also bishop of Lombez .
life and work
Hiltalingen comes from the Kleinbasel family of the Lords of Hiltelingen . He studied in Avignon and taught in 1357 as a lecturer at the Studium generale of the Augustinians in Strasbourg . In 1371 he received his doctorate in theology in Paris. He held various leadership positions in his order, and was also an expert in the canonization process of Birgitta of Sweden . On March 10, 1389 he was appointed Bishop of Lombez near Toulouse. Since he belonged to the Avignon party as a pastor and minister during the Western Schism, his literary work has survived only sparsely and has never been printed. It is interesting in the history of philosophy and theology because it is characterized by unusually numerous and precise quotations and sources, and because he was a leading exponent of German Augustinian theology, which also influenced Martin Luther .
He quotes several times an otherwise unknown report by the later Pope Benedict XII. from the Avignon phase of the trial against Meister Eckhart , in which he defended Eckhart's teachings. It is believed that he also wrote the anonymously transmitted German-language writings of the master of the doctrinal talk and the 'Treatise from the Minne'.
literature
- A. Kunzelmann: History of the German Augustinian Hermits. Second part: The Rhenish-Swabian province until the end of the Middle Ages. Würzburg: Augustinus-Verlag, 1970
- A. Zumkeller: Manuscripts of works by the authors of the Augustinian Order of Hermits in Central European libraries. Würzburg: Augustinus-Verlag, 1966
- Hiltalingen, Johannes, from Basel. In: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon, 2nd edition Berlin: de Gruyter, Vol. 11, Sp. 670–673
- Adolar Zumkeller OSA: Hiltalingen, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 162 ( digitized version ).
- Herman Haupt : Hiltalingen, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 341 f.
- Adolar Zumkeller: Johannes Hiltalingen from Basel. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 277-279.
Web links
- Characterization and texts
- Origin of the name: Benno Notter: Eberhard von Hiltalingen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The year of birth is indicated differently: Herman Haupt mentions the early 1320s in the ADB, Adolar Zumkeller in the NDB around 1330, in the more recent BBKL around 1315
- ↑ according to BBKL
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johannes Hiltalingen from Basel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John de Basilea (common); Johannes de Hiltelingen (also); Johannes von Hiltelingen; Johann Hiltalinger; Johann of Basel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Magister and Provincial of the Order of the Augustinian Hermits, Bishop of Lombez |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1315 and 1330 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | before October 10, 1392 |
| Place of death | buried Freiburg im Breisgau |